The record

LegislationLegislation· Dec 2025
S 1591 Passed Senate — in House

Sponsored by Jerry Moran (R)

ARCA Act of 2025

Reorganizes VA's acquisition office with new oversight roles for major purchases over $200M.

Tradeoff

Creates new oversight structure and staffing positions for VA acquisition programs. Requires consolidating acquisition, procurement, and logistics functions under a single Assistant Secretary within one year.

What's in it

See official bill text

Costs $24 million over 5 years (2026-2030), all subject to .

The $24 million is entirely federal administrative overhead — it funds a new VA office to evaluate acquisition programs and studies on VA's contracting processes; the bill itself creates no new programs or benefits, only internal management structures and analysis.

S. 1591, Acquisition Reform and Cost Assessment Act of 2025 · Oct 2025

Passed the Senate by on December 11, 2025 — now in the House.

  1. Senate

    Introduced

    (May 5, 2025)

  2. Senate

    Committee on Veterans' Affairs(May 5, 2025)

  3. Senate

    The Committee on Veterans' Affairs voted to send it to the floor

    Reported(Jul 30, 2025)

    Committee report S. Rept. 119-97.

  4. Senate

    Passage of the bill

    Passed by (Dec 11, 2025)

    No individual votes were recorded.

  5. House

    Received from the Senate

    Received(Dec 15, 2025)