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H.R. 3455 119th Congress House

Veterans Affairs Distributed Ledger Innovation Act of 2025

Official title: To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to conduct a comprehensive study on the use of distributed ledger technology in the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 15, 2025 Introduced by: Nancy Mace Republican · South Carolina See on congress.gov
Armed Forces and National Security Computers and information technologyCongressional oversightGovernment studies and investigationsVeterans' pensions and compensation
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 Everywhere this bill has been 9 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 10, 2025
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 292.
Oct 10, 2025
Reported by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 119-340.
Jul 23, 2025
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Jul 23, 2025
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Jul 23, 2025
Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Discharged
Jun 11, 2025
Subcommittee Hearings Held
Jun 6, 2025
Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
May 15, 2025
Introduced in House
May 15, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
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Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 292.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Veterans Affairs Distributed Ledger Innovation Act of 2025

This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to report to Congress on the feasibility, potential benefits, and risks associated with implementing distributed ledger technology to improve claims adjudication and prevent fraud, waste, and abuse within the VA’s benefits administration systems. Under the bill, a distributed ledger (1) is shared across a set of distributed nodes that participate in a network and store a complete or partial replica of the ledger, (2) is synchronized between the nodes, and (3) has data appended to it by following a specified consensus mechanism.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3455: Veterans Affairs Distributed Ledger Innovation Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-3455/
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"H.R. 3455: Veterans Affairs Distributed Ledger Innovation Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-3455/.
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H.R. 3455, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-3455/.
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