HR 3494
Passed a chamber
Authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs to buy or build a cloud-based inventory system for its medical facilities, after a one-facility pilot and a required report to Congress, and extends the date in a federal pension payment limit from November 30, 2031 to December 31, 2032.
Official title: VA Hospital Inventory Management System Authorization Act
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
19-MAY-2025
Referred
19-MAY-2025
Approved by committee
23-JUL-2025
Reported
15-SEP-2025
On the calendar
15-SEP-2025
Passed
15-SEP-2025
Senate
Received
16-SEP-2025
- Lets the VA purchase or develop a cloud-based system to manage expendable and nonexpendable inventory for the Veterans Health Administration.
- Requires a pilot at one VHA facility before nationwide use, with full implementation due within three years of the date of enactment.
- Bars use of this authority until the VA submits a report to the Veterans' Affairs committees covering a supply chain strategy, cost estimate, staffing assessment, and independent review of past program failures.
- Changes the date in 38 U.S.C. 5503(d)(7) from November 30, 2031 to December 31, 2032.
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in House" (19-MAY-2025); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 15-SEP-2025).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov- Veterans' Affairs Committee (House)
- Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee
- Veterans' Affairs Committee (Senate)
Armed Forces and National Security
■ 2 D
2 Democrats