Veterans Affairs Distributed Ledger Innovation Act of 2025
The summary
What this bill does
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.
Legislative timeline
From introduction
May 15, 2025
Introduced & referred to committee
Congressional support
Sponsors & Cosponsors
U.S. Representative - SC District 1 · R-SC
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Bill Metadata
| Congress | 119 |
| Bill Type | HR |
| Bill Number | 3455 |
| Origin Chamber | House |
| Current Status | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 292. |
| Policy Area | Armed Forces and National Security |
| Primary Committee | Not assigned |
| Introduced | May 15, 2025 |
| Latest Action | October 10, 2025 |
| Cosponsors | 0 · House vote — · 1 views |