[Report No. 119–273]
May 19, 2025
Mrs. Kiggans of Virginia (for herself and Mr. Panetta) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs
September 15, 2025
Additional sponsor: Mr. Vindman
September 15, 2025
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 May 19, 2025
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) Authorization of appropriations
There is authorized to be appropriated for the Department of Veterans Affairs $50,000,000 to carry out this section.
(d) 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.
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
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