3.0.0 887 2023-02-14T14:28:47Z 2023-02-14T14:28:47Z Senate S 2021-03-22 117 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Markup by 2021-07-28T15:30:34Z Hearings by 2021-06-23T19:00:38Z Referred to 2021-03-22T22:22:45Z VA Supply Chain Resiliency Act 117 2082 HR 2021-05-04 Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 22 - 6. Related bill CRS 2021-07-28 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably. Committee 2021-06-23 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 117-231. Committee 2021-03-22 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2021-03-22 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M000934 Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS] Jerry Moran R KS N T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT 2021-03-22 True H001076 Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH] Maggie Hassan D NH 2021-07-27 False 2021-08-09T21:36:00Z S. 887, VA Supply Chain Resiliency Act https://www.cbo.gov/publication/57417 As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs onJuly 28, 2021 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 Armed Forces and National Security 00 2021-03-22 Introduced in Senate 2021-05-04T14:42:11Z 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.

]]> VA Supply Chain Resiliency Act Display Title VA Supply Chain Resiliency Act Official Title as Introduced A bill make certain improvements relating to the supply chain of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced VA Supply Chain Resiliency Act Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-03-22T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s887is/xml/BILLS-117s887is.xml 2021-07-28 Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.