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Veteran Infection Prevention Act
H. R. 8052 To amend title 38, United States Code, to require that a sterile processing technician of the Veterans Health Administration holds an appropriate professional certification, and for other purposes.
Summary
- Requires sterile processing technicians in the Veterans Health Administration to obtain professional certification within two years of appointment.
- Exempts entry-level sterile processing technician positions from the certification requirement.
- Requires the Veterans Affairs Secretary to provide scholarships to current uncertified sterile processing technicians to help them obtain required certification.
- Requires sterile processing technicians who receive certification scholarships to commit to two years of service to the Veterans Health Administration.
- Delays application of the certification requirement to current employees until two years after the Act's enactment.
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Sponsor (1)
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![Rep. Kiggans, Jennifer A. [R-VA-2]](https://media.civicgate.org/people/d/politicians/K000399.thumb.jpg)
Rep. Kiggans, Jennifer A. (R-VA) [#2]
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Jennifer A. Kiggans’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- Employer not reported $169,799
- HEPBURN & SONS LLC $23,100
- ENTREPRENEUR $19,547
- INVESTMENTS LIMITED $15,008
- C & M INDUSTRIES $14,100
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Jennifer A. Kiggans → · Outside spending →
Actions (9)
- Sep 24, 2026 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 731. · house
- Sep 24, 2026 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 119-834. · house
- May 14, 2026 Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by Voice Vote. · house
- May 14, 2026 Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held · house
- Apr 15, 2026 Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote. · house
- Apr 15, 2026 Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held · house
- Mar 25, 2026 Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations. · house
- Mar 24, 2026 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. · house
- Mar 24, 2026 Introduced in House
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Full text
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 24, 2026
Mrs. Kiggans of Virginia introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
September 24, 2026
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 24, 2026]
A BILL
To amend title 38, United States Code, to require that a sterile processing technician of the Veterans Health Administration holds an appropriate professional certification, and for other purposes.
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 “Veteran Infection Prevention Act”.
SEC. 2. TEMPORARY PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENT FOR STERILE PROCESSING TECHNICIANS OF THE VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION.
(a) Requirement.—To be eligible to be appointed to a sterile processing technician position (except for such a position that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs determines is entry level), a person must be certified as a sterile processing technician by an accredited institution engaged in providing sterile processing technician training not later than two years after such an appointment.
(b) Current Employees.—
(1) Applicability.—Subsection (a) shall apply to a covered employee on the day that is 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(2) Employee incentive scholarship program.—
(A) Requirement.—The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall award to a covered employee a scholarship under subchapter VI of chapter 76 of title 38, United States Code, for certification described in section 7402(b)(14) of such title, as amended by subsection
(a).
(B) Period of obligated service.—Notwithstanding section 7672(e) of such title, the period of obligated service of a covered employee awarded a scholarship pursuant to subparagraph (A) shall be a period of one day beginning on the day that the covered employee receives such certification.
(3) Covered employee defined.—In this subsection, the term “covered employee” means a person—
(A) occupying a sterile processing technician position in the Veterans Health Administration on the date of the enactment of this Act; and
(B) who, on such date, is not certified as a sterile processing technician by an accredited institution engaged in providing sterile processing technician training.
(c) Termination.—This section shall have no effect after September 30, 2028.
SEC. 3. EXTENSION OF CERTAIN LIMITS ON PAYMENTS OF PENSION.
Section 5503(d)(7) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking “January 31, 2033” and inserting “September 30, 2034”. Union Calendar No. 731
119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 8052
[Report No. 119-834]
A BILL
To amend title 38, United States Code, to require that a sterile processing technician of the Veterans Health Administration holds an appropriate professional certification, and for other purposes.
September 24, 2026
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
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