IIB 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3494 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
SEPTEMBER 16, 2025 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
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 facili-
ties of the Department of Veterans Affairs. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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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 Administra-
tion 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 devel-
ops 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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(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 Commit-
tees 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 
rec-
ommended in the report of the Comptroller General 
of the United States titled ‘‘VA Acquisition Manage-
ment: 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 standard-
ization, and staffing models; 
(2) a cost estimate and implementation sched-
ule for the supply chain modernization program of 
the Department; 
(3) a comprehensive staffing assessment of the 
supply chain and information technology moderniza-
tion 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 
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(C) an estimate of future staffing require-
ments 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 insert-
ing ‘‘December 31, 2032’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 15, 
2025. 
Attest: 
KEVIN F. MCCUMBER, 
Clerk. 
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