US Congress · H.R. 3494 · Passed the House

VA Hospital Inventory Management System Authorization Act

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Introduced 2025-05-19

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What it does

VA Hospital Inventory Management System Authorization Act This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to purchase or develop and implement a cloud-based information technology system for the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) to manage inventory. If the VA purchases or develops such a system, the VA must implement a pilot program at one VHA facility before implementing the system throughout the entire VA to determine whether the functions of the system are satisfactory.

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1Short title

This section would give the Act the short title 'VA Hospital Inventory Management System Authorization Act.'

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1. Short title This Act may be cited as the VA Hospital Inventory Management System Authorization Act .

2Management of supply chains for medical facilities of Department of Veterans Affairs

This section would authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to purchase or develop a cloud-based information technology system for the Veterans Health Administration to manage inventory, including both expendable items and nonexpendable items, and to implement that system. If the Secretary purchases or develops such a system, the Secretary would have to carry out a pilot program at one Veterans Health Administration facility before implementing the system throughout the rest of the Veterans Health Administration, and the pilot program would have to be designed to determine whether the system's functions are satisfactory. The section would authorize $50,000,000 to be appropriated for the Department of Veterans Affairs to carry out this section. If the Secretary purchases or develops the system, the Secretary would have to complete implementation of the system no later than three years after the date this Act is enacted.

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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.

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Where it is

Introduced · 2025-05-19

In the House.

Committee hearing · 2025-06-11

Passed the House · 2025-09-15

Senate floor vote · next · the next step

Official documents

Full bill textread it on this site, version rfs (Referred in Senate), as published by GovInfo

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Congressional Budget Office cost estimatewhat it would cost, by the nonpartisan CBO

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The numbers

29%

of bills that passed one chamber became law in the 118th Congress, 2023 to 2024 (n=939)

sponsors, out of 218 needed to pass

Who is lobbying on this

NATIONAL VETERAN SMALL BUSINESS COALITIONvia VAN SCOYOC ASSOCIATES

1 filing

From 1 filing in federal lobbying disclosures (LDA), via lda.gov, naming this bill (2026). Filings are self-reported by lobbying firms and show who is paid to influence this bill. They do not say which side, or whether it worked.

Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record. Last action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (2025-09-16).