VA Supply Chain Resiliency Act
Latest action · May 4, 2021 Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 22 - 6.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 19, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
VA Supply Chain Resiliency Act
This bill addresses the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) supply chain processes, particularly during emergency periods.
The bill requires the VA to submit a report containing a description of the items and quantities of items that are critical with respect to the VA's ongoing response to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic and future epidemic, pandemic, emergency, national emergency, or natural disaster scenarios.
The VA and the Department of Defense (DOD) must enter into an agreement to provide for the participation of the VA in the Warstopper Program of the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) of DOD. The Warstopper Program was established to satisfy requirements for sudden and sustained increases in production of critical industrial and medical items.
Under such an agreement, the DLA must
- ensure the maintenance and stability of the items the VA identifies as critical in its report (and that the VA and DOD determine are appropriate for the program),
- establish guidance for the participation of the VA in the program, and
- use existing and new contracts and agreements to reserve the supply of critical items.
Finally, the VA must ensure it does not exclusively rely on holding regional, physical inventories of critical items in order to respond to greater than expected needs during epidemic, pandemic, emergency, national emergency, or natural disaster situations.
Cosponsors 9
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 19, 2021 to Dec 6, 2022; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NH | Chris Pappas | Original | Mar 19, 2021 |
| R-KS | Tracey Mann | Original | Mar 19, 2021 |
| D-NY | Antonio Delgado | May 12, 2021 | |
| D-CO | Jason Crow | May 17, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Jul 22, 2021 | |
| R-NY | Nicole Malliotakis | Feb 7, 2022 | |
| D-CO | Joe Neguse | Jun 13, 2022 | |
| D-NJ | Josh Gottheimer | Jul 20, 2022 | |
| D-ME | Jared F. Golden | Dec 6, 2022 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred Mar 19, 2021Markup May 5, 2021 |
| Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee | Referred Apr 20, 2021Hearings Apr 21, 2021Discharged May 4, 2021 | |
| House | Armed Services Committee | Referred Mar 19, 2021 |
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 4, 2021Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Discharged.
- May 4, 2021Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- May 4, 2021Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 22 - 6.
- Apr 21, 2021Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- Apr 20, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
- Mar 19, 2021Introduced in House
- Mar 19, 2021Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Jun 11, 2021H.R. 2082, VA Supply Chain Resiliency ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on May 4, 2021
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 52, March 19, 2021, page H1612.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 887 | VA Supply Chain Resiliency Act | Related bill | Jul 28, 2021 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To make certain improvements relating to the supply chain of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- VA Supply Chain Resiliency Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Cardiovascular and respiratory health
- Congressional oversight
- Department of Veterans Affairs
- Disaster relief and insurance
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Emergency planning and evacuation
- Health technology, devices, supplies
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
- Military procurement, research, weapons development
- Natural disasters
- Public contracts and procurement
- Veterans' medical care
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 19, 2021Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
