Skip to main content
H.R. 3494 119th Congress House

VA Hospital Inventory Management System Authorization Act

Official title: To authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out an information technology system and prioritize certain requirements to manage supply chains for me… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out an information technology system and prioritize certain requirements to manage supply chains for medical facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Introduced: May 19, 2025 Introduced by: Jennifer A. Kiggans Republican · Virginia See on congress.gov
Armed Forces and National Security Health technology, devices, suppliesMedical tests and diagnostic methodsPrescription drugsRetail and wholesale trades
More subjectsShow fewer subjects
Supply chainVeterans' medical care
Sign in to write a letter Sign in to watch
 Everywhere this bill has been 16 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 16, 2025
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Sep 15, 2025
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4296)
Sep 15, 2025
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4296-4297: 1)
Sep 15, 2025
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 119-273.
Sep 15, 2025
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Sep 15, 2025
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3494.
Sep 15, 2025
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4296)
Sep 15, 2025
Mr. Bost moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Sep 15, 2025
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 229.
Jul 23, 2025
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Jul 23, 2025
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Jul 3, 2025
Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Discharged
Jun 11, 2025
Subcommittee Hearings Held
Jun 3, 2025
Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
May 19, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
May 19, 2025
Introduced in House
 Ask about this bill AI · grounded in the bill text

Have a question about what this bill does? Ask in plain English; the answer is drawn from the bill's actual text and official record, and it'll tell you when something isn't in the text rather than guess.

AI answers can be imperfect; always confirm against the full bill text.

What's happening now September 16, 2025

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

VA Hospital Inventory Management System Authorization Act

This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to purchase or develop and implement a cloud-based information technology system for the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) to manage inventory. If the VA purchases or develops such a system, the VA must implement a pilot program at one VHA facility before implementing the system throughout the entire VA to determine whether the functions of the system are satisfactory.

 Bill text 4 versions

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Lobbying activity 7

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

Bodies those filers lobbied

A filing lists the bills it worked on and the parts of government it contacted in separate sections, so these are the bodies those filers named anywhere in the filing, not a per-bill breakdown.

See all 7 filings →
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
D
Vindman, Eugene Simon
Virginia · Jul 25, 2025
 D
Panetta, Jimmy
California · May 19, 2025
Cite this page click to expand
APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3494: VA Hospital Inventory Management System Authorization Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-3494/
MLA
"H.R. 3494: VA Hospital Inventory Management System Authorization Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-3494/.
Bluebook (legal)
H.R. 3494, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-3494/.
Markdown link
[H.R. 3494: VA Hospital Inventory Management System Authorization Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-3494/)
Report a problem