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HR 5418 115th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Congressional oversight Department of Veterans Affairs Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Health facilities and institutions Health technology, devices, supplies Public contracts and procurement Surgery and anesthesia Veterans' medical care

Veterans Affairs Medical-Surgical Purchasing Stabilization Act

Introduced: March 29, 2018 Introduced by: Bergman, Jack Republican · Michigan See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 16 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 1, 2018
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-616.
May 22, 2018
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
May 21, 2018
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
May 21, 2018
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4257)
May 21, 2018
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H4257)
May 21, 2018
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5418.
May 21, 2018
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4257-4258)
May 21, 2018
Mr. Roe (TN) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
May 21, 2018
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 536.
May 21, 2018
Reported by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 115-693.
May 8, 2018
Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Discharged.
May 8, 2018
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
May 8, 2018
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Mar 29, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
Mar 29, 2018
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Mar 29, 2018
Introduced in House
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Veterans Affairs Medical-Surgical Purchasing Stabilization Act

(Sec. 2) This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), in procuring medical, surgical, dental, or laboratory items for VA medical facilities through the Medical Surgical Prime Vendor (MSPV) program, to: (1) award contracts to multiple regional prime vendors instead of a single nationwide prime vendor, and (2) prohibit a prime vendor from solely designing the formulary of items available for MSPV purchase.

The VA shall: (1) ensure that each VA employee who conducts formulary analyses or makes decisions about including items on the formulary has relevant medical expertise, and (2) provide Congress with periodic lists of such individuals and their medical expertise listed by categories of formulary items.

What's happening now August 1, 2018

Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-616.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 3737 Identical bill Veterans Affairs Medical-Surgical Purchasing Stabilization Act
 Bill text 4 versions

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 1 Republican 2
Kuster, Ann
· May 15, 2018
 R
Banks, Jim
Indiana · Mar 29, 2018
 R
Dunn, Neal P.
Florida · Mar 29, 2018
 D
Peters, Scott H.
California · Mar 29, 2018
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5418: Veterans Affairs Medical-Surgical Purchasing Stabilization Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5418/
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"H.R. 5418: Veterans Affairs Medical-Surgical Purchasing Stabilization Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5418/.
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H.R. 5418, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5418/.
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