[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3494 Introduced in House (IH)]

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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.


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                    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

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                                 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.
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