HR 3494 United States House · 119th Congress

VA Hospital Inventory Management System Authorization Act

HR 3494 authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to purchase or develop a cloud-based inventory management system for medical supplies at VA hospitals. The bill requires a pilot program at one VA facility before full implementation and allocates $50 million in funding for this effort. It mandates that the VA complete the system's implementation across all VA hospitals within three years of the bill's enactment. This legislation directly affects VA medical facilities by changing how they track and manage medical supplies.

Sub-Topics: Hospitals Veteran Healthcare

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

May 2025

Committee Review

Sep 2025

House Passage

Sep 2025

Senate Passage

President

Introduced May 19, 2025 Last action Sep 16, 2025

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What changed between versions

Introduced in House → Engrossed in House · 3 edits · Sep 15, 2025

MINOR

The engrossed version removes the $50 million appropriation authorization for the VA supply chain modernization system, adds a new precondition requiring the Secretary to submit a detailed report to Congress before proceeding with any purchase or pilot program, and adds an entirely new section extending a pension payment limit deadline by 13 months. The changes shift the bill from a funding-and-implementation approach to a gatekeeping approach that requires accountability reporting before action can begin.

Scope change

The bill's scope expanded to include a pension payment limit extension (new section 3), while the supply chain modernization portion was narrowed by removing dedicated funding and adding a congressional reporting precondition that must be satisfied before any action can begin.

FISCAL

The $50,000,000 authorization of appropriations for the Department of Veterans Affairs was removed entirely. The bill no longer provides dedicated funding for the supply chain modernization system.

REQUIREMENT

A new subsection (d) 'Limitation' prohibits the Secretary from exercising authority to purchase or develop the system or run the pilot program until a report is submitted to the House and Senate Committees on Veterans' Affairs. The report must include: a comprehensive supply chain strategy with success metrics, data standardization plan, and staffing models; a cost estimate and implementation schedule; a staffing assessment covering monthly gains and losses since October 1, 2022, current levels, and future requirements; and an independent assessment of the Secretary's review of program failures.

SCOPE

A new section 3 extends the deadline in 38 U.S.C. 5503(d)(7) from November 30, 2031 to December 31, 2032, which relates to limits on payments of pensions. This is a separate provision not present in the introduced version.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the House by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

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Committee

Amendments

Sep 16, 2025

Committee

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

upper

Sep 15, 2025

Introduced

On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4296)

lower

Sep 15, 2025

Lower · Passed

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)

lower

Sep 15, 2025

Introduced

Mr. Bost moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.

lower

Sep 15, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 119-273.

lower

Jul 23, 2025

Introduced

Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.

lower

Jul 23, 2025

Lower · Passed

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

lower

Jul 3, 2025

Lower · Passed

Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Discharged

lower

Jun 11, 2025

Lower · Passed

Subcommittee Hearings Held

lower

Jun 3, 2025

Committee

Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.

lower

May 19, 2025

Committee

Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

lower

May 19, 2025

Introduced

Introduced in House

lower

1 primary · 2 co-sponsors