,,ib ,union ,calendar ,no4 #bbi #aaith  
,,congress  #ast ,session  ,h4 ,r4 #cdid
 ,report ,no4 #aai-bgc ,,in ,,the       
,,house ,,of ,,representatives  ,may    
#ai1 #bjbe,mrs4 ,kiggans of ,virginia   
7for herself and ,mr4 ,panetta7         
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,veterans' ,affairs  ,september #ae1    
#bjbe;,additional sponsor3 ,mr4 ,vindman
  ,september #ae1 #bjbe,reported with an
 amendment1 committed to the ,committee 
of the ,whole ,house on the ,state of   
the ,union1 and ordered to be           
printed,strike out all after the        
enacting clause and insert the part     
printed in italic,for text of introduced
 bill1 see copy of bill as introduced on
 ,may #ai1 #bjbe  ,a ,,bill  ,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 ,affairs4  #a4 

,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,,va ,hospital ,inventory           
,management ,system ,authorization ,act4
  #b4 ,management of supply chains for  
medical facilities of ,department of    
,veterans ,affairs  7a7 ,authorization  
,the ,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs is
 authorized to-- 7#a7 purchase or       
develop for the ,veterans ,health       
,administration a cloud-based           
information technology system for the   
management of inventory1 including      
expendable and nonexpendable items2 and 
7#b7 implement such system4  7b7 ,pilot 
,if the ,secretary purchases or develops
 a system under subsection 7a71 the     
,secretary shall carry out a pilot      
program at one ,veterans ,health        
,administration facility before         
implementing the system throughout the  
,veterans ,health ,administration4 ,the 
pilot program shall be designed to      
determine whether the functions of the  
system are satisfactory4  7c7           
,authorization of appropriations ,there 

is authorized to be appropriated for the
 ,department of ,veterans ,affairs      
#ej1jjj1jjj to carry out this section4  
7d7 ,deadline ,if the ,secretary        
purchases or develops a system under    
subsection 7a71 the ,secretary shall    
complete the implementation of the      
system by not later than three years    
after the date of the enactment of this 
,act4  #c4 ,extension of certain limits 
on payments of pension ,section         
#eejc7;d77#g7 of title #ch1 ,united     
,states ,code1 is amended by striking   
,november #cj1 #bjca and inserting      
,december #ca1 #bjcb4  ,september #ae1  
#bjbe,reported with an amendment1       
committed to the ,committee of the      
,whole ,house on the ,state of the      
,union1 and ordered to be printed