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VA Hospital Inventory Management System Authorization Act
Summary
This bill authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to purchase or develop a cloud-based inventory management system for VA medical facilities and implement it within three years. Before implementation, the Secretary must submit a report to Congress that includes a comprehensive supply chain strategy, cost estimates, staffing assessments, and an independent review of prior failed supply chain modernization efforts. The bill requires a pilot program at one VA facility to test whether the system functions properly before rolling it out across all Veterans Health Administration facilities. The bill also extends a deadline related to pension payment limits from November 30, 2031 to December 31, 2032.
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2 cosponsors
Actions (16)
- Sep 16, 2025 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. · senate
- Sep 15, 2025 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. · house
- Sep 15, 2025 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4296) · house
- Sep 15, 2025 Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4296-4297: 1)
- Sep 15, 2025 DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3494. · house
- Sep 15, 2025 Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4296) · house
- Sep 15, 2025 Mr. Bost moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. · house
- Sep 15, 2025 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 229. · house
- Sep 15, 2025 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 119-273. · house
- Jul 23, 2025 Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote. · house
- Jul 23, 2025 Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held · house
- Jul 3, 2025 Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Discharged · house
- Jun 11, 2025 Subcommittee Hearings Held · house
- Jun 3, 2025 Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations. · house
- May 19, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. · house
- May 19, 2025 Introduced in House
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Full text
AN ACT
To authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out an information technology system and prioritize certain requirements to manage supply chains for medical facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “VA Hospital Inventory Management System Authorization Act”.
SEC. 2. MANAGEMENT OF SUPPLY CHAINS FOR MEDICAL FACILITIES OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.
(a) Authorization.—The Secretary of Veterans Affairs is authorized to—
(1) purchase or develop for the Veterans Health Administration a cloud-based information technology system for the management of inventory, including expendable and nonexpendable items; and
(2) implement such system.
(b) Pilot.—If the Secretary purchases or develops a system under subsection (a), the Secretary shall carry out a pilot program at one Veterans Health Administration facility before implementing the system throughout the Veterans Health Administration. The pilot program shall be designed to determine whether the functions of the system are satisfactory.
(c) Deadline.—If the Secretary purchases or develops a system under subsection (a), the Secretary shall complete the implementation of the system by not later than three years after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(d) Limitation.—The Secretary may not exercise the authority under subsection (a) or subsection (b) until the date on which the Secretary submits to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report that includes—
(1) a comprehensive supply chain strategy to guide enterprise-wide implementation, as recommended in the report of the Comptroller General of the United States titled “VA Acquisition Management: Comprehensive Supply Chain Management Strategy Key to Address Existing Challenges” (GAO-21-445T; published March 24, 2021), which includes success metrics, a plan for data standardization, and staffing models;
(2) a cost estimate and implementation schedule for the supply chain modernization program of the Department;
(3) a comprehensive staffing assessment of the supply chain and information technology modernization workforces of the Department that includes—
(A) monthly staffing gains and losses since October 1, 2022;
(B) the current staffing level of each such workforce as of the date of the enactment of this Act; and
(C) an estimate of future staffing requirements for the implementation of the supply chain modernization program, disaggregated by each such workforce; and
(4) an independent assessment of the review carried out by the Secretary with respect to failures of the supply chain modernization program of the Department.
SEC. 3. EXTENSION OF CERTAIN LIMITS ON PAYMENTS OF PENSION.
Section 5503(d)(7) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking “November 30, 2031” and inserting “December 31, 2032”.
Passed the House of Representatives September 15, 2025.
Attest:
Clerk. 119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3494
AN ACT
To authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out an information technology system and prioritize certain requirements to manage supply chains for medical facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
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