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Union Calendar No. 536 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5418 
[Report No. 115–693] 
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out the Medical Surgical 
Prime Vendor program using multiple prime vendors. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 29, 2018 
Mr. BERGMAN (for himself, Mr. PETERS, Mr. BANKS of Indiana, and Mr. 
DUNN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Veterans’ Affairs 
MAY 21, 2018 
Additional sponsor: Ms. KUSTER of New Hampshire 
MAY 21, 2018 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
and ordered to be printed 
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A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out 
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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 ‘‘Veterans Affairs Med-
ical-Surgical Purchasing Stabilization Act’’. 
SEC. 2. MEDICAL SURGICAL PRIME VENDOR PROGRAM. 
(a) VENDORS.—In procuring certain medical, sur-
gical, and dental supplies or laboratory supplies for med-
ical centers of the Department of Veterans Affairs, the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall carry out the Medical 
Surgical Prime Vendor program, or successor program, in 
a manner that— 
(1) requires the Secretary to award contracts to 
multiple regional prime vendors instead of a single 
nationwide prime vendor; and 
(2) prohibits— 
(A) a prime vendor from solely designing 
the formulary of such supplies; and 
(B) a prime vendor from solely purchasing 
from such formulary. 
(b) CLINICALLY DRIVEN SOURCING.— 
(1) EXPERTISE.—In carrying out the formulary 
of supplies under the Medical Surgical Prime Vendor 
program, or successor program, the Secretary shall 
ensure that each employee of the Department of 
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Veterans Affairs who conducts formulary analyses or 
makes decisions with respect to including items on 
the formulary has medical expertise relevant to the 
items for which the employee conducts such analyses 
or makes such decisions. 
(2) LISTS.—Not later than 30 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, and quarterly 
thereafter with respect to any updates, the Secretary 
shall submit to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate a 
list of each employee described in paragraph (1) and 
the relevant medical expertise of the employee, listed 
by the categories of items in the formulary described 
in such paragraph. 
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Union Calendar No. 536 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5418 
[Report No. 115–693] 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry 
out the Medical Surgical Prime Vendor program 
using multiple prime vendors. 
MAY 21, 2018 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
03:18 May 22, 2018
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