Veterans Affairs Distributed Ledger Innovation Act of 2025
- Last Action
- 10/10/2025
Actions
- 2025-10-10Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 292.
- 2025-10-10Reported by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 119-340.
- 2025-10-10Reported by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 119-340.
- 2025-07-23Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
- 2025-07-23Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- 2025-07-23Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Discharged
- 2025-06-11Subcommittee Hearings Held
- 2025-06-06Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
- 2025-05-15Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- 2025-05-15Introduced in House
- 2025-05-15Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2025-05-15 (00)
Veterans Affairs Distributed Ledger Innovation Act of 2025
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to report to Congress on the feasibility, potential benefits, and risks associated with implementing distributed ledger technology to improve claims adjudication and prevent fraud, waste, and abuse within the VA’s benefits administration systems. Under the bill, a distributed ledger (1) is shared across a set of distributed nodes that participate in a network and store a complete or partial replica of the ledger, (2) is synchronized between the nodes, and (3) has data appended to it by following a specified consensus mechanism.
Subjects
- Computers and information technology
- Congressional oversight
- Government studies and investigations
- Veterans' pensions and compensation
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