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117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 9091 
To authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out an information 
technology system to manage supply chains for medical facilities of De-
partment of Veterans Affairs. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 30, 2022 
Mr. MANN (for himself, Mr. BOST, Mr. ROSENDALE, and Mr. BERGMAN) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Vet-
erans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out 
an information technology system to manage supply 
chains for medical facilities of Department of Veterans 
Affairs. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘VA Supply Chain Man-
agement System Authorization Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. MANAGEMENT OF SUPPLY CHAINS FOR MEDICAL 
FACILITIES OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 
AFFAIRS. 
(a) AUTHORITY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided by para-
graph (2), the Secretary of Veterans Affairs may 
only carry out a covered information technology sys-
tem if— 
(A) the system meets the requirements 
under subsection (b); and 
(B) the system does not require the use of 
a specific contract to procure supplies. 
(2) EXCEPTION.—Paragraph (1) shall not 
apply with respect to information technology systems 
used by the Secretary at joint facilities of the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs and the Department of 
Defense. 
(b) REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary shall ensure 
that a covered information technology system meets the 
following requirements: 
(1) The system shall be cloud-based. 
(2) With respect to the items covered by the 
system— 
(A) the system shall include— 
(i) medical supplies; 
(ii) surgical equipment and supplies; 
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(iii) laboratory equipment and sup-
plies; 
(iv) supplies and capital equipment 
pertaining to facilities or real property; 
(v) biomedical equipment; 
(vi) textiles and apparel; 
(vii) dental equipment and supplies; 
and 
(viii) equipment and supplies relating 
to the treatment of sleep apnea; 
(B) the system may include (but, if not so 
included in the system itself, the system shall 
include through an interface with an external 
information technology system)— 
(i) prosthetic appliances requiring ex-
tensive customization or fitting; 
(ii) prosthetic appliances not requiring 
extensive customization or fitting; 
(iii) pharmaceuticals; 
(iv) reusable medical equipment; and 
(v) eyeglasses; and 
(C) the system may not include— 
(i) high-tech medical equipment; 
(ii) surgical implants; 
(iii) information technology; 
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(iv) equipment and supplies of the 
National Cemetery Administration that are 
not used by the Veterans Health Adminis-
tration; and 
(v) equipment and supplies of the Vet-
erans Benefits Administration that are not 
used by the Veterans Health Administra-
tion. 
(3) The system shall include functions relating 
to— 
(A) inventory management of both expend-
able and nonexpendable items covered by the 
system, with respect to both— 
(i) physical inventory; and 
(ii) perpetual inventory; 
(B) management of the receipt of such 
items, with respect to— 
(i) intake; 
(ii) returns; and 
(iii) the identification of such items 
that are recalled; 
(C) management of the storage of such 
items, with respect to— 
(i) local storage; and 
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(ii) centralized storage at a medical 
facility or warehousing at a different loca-
tion for one or more medical facilities; 
(D) management of the distribution such 
items; 
(E) the generation and scanning of 
barcodes or the use of radio frequency identi-
fication technology or other similar inventory 
tracking technology; and 
(F) reporting, consisting of— 
(i) standard or preexisting reports; 
and 
(ii) customizable or custom-generated 
reports. 
(4) The system shall include (either in the sys-
tem itself or through an interface with an external 
information technology system) functions relating 
to— 
(A) capital asset management; 
(B) ordering of items covered by the sys-
tem; 
(C) maintenance of a catalog of available 
supplies; and 
(D) lifecycle tracking from acquisition of 
such items through the disposal of such items. 
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(5) The system shall have existing interfaces 
with or the capability to interface with— 
(A) the Integrated Financial and Acquisi-
tion Management System of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs; and 
(B) the electronic health record systems of 
the Department, including— 
(i) the Veterans Health Information 
Systems and Technology Architecture and 
Computerized Patient Record System; and 
(ii) the electronic health record system 
established under the Electronic Health 
Record Modernization Program (as defined 
in section 503 of Veterans Benefits and 
Transition Act of 2018 (Public Law 115– 
407; 38 U.S.C. 5701 note prec.)). 
(6) The system shall have the capacity to ac-
commodate not fewer than 50,000 users. 
(7) The system shall include any other func-
tions, capabilities, or components as determined by 
the Secretary. 
(c) COMPLETION OF IMPLEMENTATION.—The Sec-
retary shall complete the implementation of a covered in-
formation technology system by not later than three years 
after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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(d) COVERED INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEM 
DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘covered information 
technology system’’ means an information technology sys-
tem, or a system of systems, for the management of supply 
chains, including with respect to inventory and other func-
tions. 
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