H.R. 3494 · 119th Congress

VA Hospital Inventory Management System Authorization Act

Introduced on May 19, 2025 by Jennifer A. Kiggans (R-VA-2). 2 cosponsors, 2 of them from another party. Latest action (Sep 16, 2025): Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Stage
Passed one chamber
Introduced
May 19, 2025
Cosponsors
2
2 from the other party
Policy area
Armed Forces and National Security
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. Reported by committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

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.

Subjects

  • Health technology, devices, supplies
  • Medical tests and diagnostic methods
  • Prescription drugs
  • Retail and wholesale trades
  • Supply chain
  • Veterans' medical care

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in House, May 19, 2025). Public domain.

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.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Jennifer A. KiggansR-VA-2Sponsor

Democrats · 2

Roll calls

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No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

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  1. May 19, 2025Introduced in House
  2. May 19, 2025Introduced in House
  3. May 19, 2025 · HouseReferred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
  4. Jun 3, 2025 · HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
  5. Jun 11, 2025 · HouseSubcommittee Hearings Held
  6. Jul 3, 2025 · HouseSubcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Discharged
  7. Jul 23, 2025 · HouseCommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  8. Jul 23, 2025 · HouseOrdered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
  9. Sep 15, 2025Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 119-273.
  10. Sep 15, 2025 · HouseReported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 119-273.
  11. Sep 15, 2025 · HousePlaced on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 229.
  12. Sep 15, 2025 · HouseMr. Bost moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
  13. Sep 15, 2025 · HouseConsidered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4296)
  14. Sep 15, 2025 · HouseDEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3494.
  15. Sep 15, 2025Passed/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)
  16. Sep 15, 2025 · HouseOn motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4296)
  17. Sep 15, 2025 · HouseMotion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  18. Sep 16, 2025 · SenateReceived in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. DOCUMENT STORAGE SYSTEMS, INC.4 reports
    $420K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: DOCUMENT STORAGE SYSTEMS, INC.$85.9M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 99%
  2. AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION1 report
    $5.7M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION$1.2M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 99%
  3. National Veteran Small Business Coalition1 report
    $20K reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2025, 2026.

Sources and method

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  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 6, 2026 · loaded Oct 6, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.