119-hr3494

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[H.R. 3494 Referred in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 3494

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 September 16, 2025

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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 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:

 KEVIN F. MCCUMBER,

 Clerk.