119th Congress Armed Forces and National Security
H.R. 3455: Veterans Affairs Distributed Ledger Innovation Act of 2025
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Summary
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.
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
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Who scored on this bill
- 1Nancy Mace SponsorIntroduced, marked up, reported3 events+32
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History
- Introduced in the House by Nancy Mace.
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- Reported by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 119-340.
- Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 292.
- Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Discharged
- Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
- Subcommittee Hearings Held
- Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
- Introduced in House
- Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.