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H.R. 3494119th CongressArmed Forces and National Security
VA Hospital Inventory Management System Authorization Act
Sponsored by Rep. Jennifer A. Kiggans (R-VA) · 2 active : 2 Democrats
Latest action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Where it standsPassed House, now in the Senate9 senators score as swing votes
Passed House
- House: passedSep 15, 2025
- Senate: next
- President: not yet
Summary
, via Congress.govVA 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.
Committees and subjects
Committees
- House Committee on Veterans' Affairs · HouseReported by · Markup by · Discharged from · Referred to
- Oversight and Investigations · HouseHearings by (subcommittee) · Referred to
- Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs · SenateReferred to
Subjects
- Health technology, devices, supplies
- Medical tests and diagnostic methods
- Prescription drugs
- Retail and wholesale trades
- Supply chain
- Veterans' medical care
How the Senate breaks down
- 9Swing 70–100
- 62Middle 30–70
- 29Entrenched 0–30
Members fall into . All 100 senators have enough data to score.
Key players in the Senate
Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v2, directional: only movement toward the other party counts, so members who sit further from the center than their party no longer score as swing votes.
Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.
Similar past votes, Senate
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Cosponsors
2 activeShow all 2 cosponsors
- Jimmy Panetta (D-CA-19)
- Eugene Simon Vindman (D-VA-7)
How the swing score works
Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.
Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.
Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.
Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.
Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.
Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.
