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House Bill 3494
119th Congress(2025-2026)
VA Hospital Inventory Management System Authorization Act
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Passed House on Sep 15, 2025
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H. R. 3494 (Introduced-in-House)


119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3494


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.


IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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


A BILL

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.