[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 413 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. CON. RES. 413

  Expressing the sense of Congress concerning cooperation between the 
  Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense in the 
                     procurement of medical items.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 28, 2000

  Mr. Everett (for himself, Ms. Brown of Florida, Mr. Stump, and Mr. 
    Evans) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was 
referred 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

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
  Expressing the sense of Congress concerning cooperation between the 
  Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense in the 
                     procurement of medical items.

Whereas the procurement and distribution of medical items, including 
        prescription drugs, is a multibillion-dollar annual business for both 
        the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs;
Whereas those departments prescribe common high-use drugs to many of their 
        12,000,000 patients who have similar medical profiles;
Whereas the health care systems of those departments should have management 
        systems that can share and communicate clinical and management 
        information useful for both systems;
Whereas the institutional barriers separating the two departments have begun to 
        be overcome in the area of medical supplies, in part as a response to 
        recommendations by the General Accounting Office and the Commission on 
        Servicemembers and Veterans Transition Assistance; and
Whereas there is significant potential for improved savings and services by 
        improving cooperation between the two departments in the procurement and 
        management of prescription drugs, while remaining mindful that the two 
        departments have different missions: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That it is the sense of the Congress that the Department of Defense and 
the Department of Veterans Affairs should increase, to the maximum 
extent consistent with their respective missions, their level of 
cooperation in the procurement and management of prescription drugs.
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