VA Contracting and Procurement Act

This bill would bar the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from spending more than $50 million on any single contract or agreement under several VA programs, including community care, benefits administration and health-care resource sharing, unless Congress has specifically authorized the funds. The limit would not apply during a declared war, national emergency, public health emergency, or certain major disasters. For education benefit agreements, the VA could exceed the limit by notifying Congress and waiting 30 legislative days without Congress passing a disapproval resolution. The bill would require the VA to buy health-care items for its emergency supply cache in compliance with domestic preference laws, with an emergency exception and reporting to Congress. It would also require a catalog of prosthetic appliances and surgical implants coordinated with the Defense Department, and require surgical implants to be bought through firm-fixed price single purchase orders.

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Sponsors

• Jack Bergman Republican sponsor
• 0 cosponsors