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Union Calendar No. 229 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3494 
[Report No. 119–273] 
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 
SEPTEMBER 15, 2025 
Additional sponsor: Mr. VINDMAN 
SEPTEMBER 15, 2025 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on May 19, 2025] 
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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 facili-
ties of the Department of Veterans Affairs. 
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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 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 Af-
fairs 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 fa-
cility before implementing the system throughout the Vet-
erans 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 Vet-
erans Affairs $50,000,000 to carry out this section. 
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(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. 
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’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 229 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 3494 
[Report No. 119–273] 
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. 
SEPTEMBER 15, 2025 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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