To amend title 38, United States Code, to reorganize the acquisition structure of the Department of Veterans Affairs and to establish the Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation in the Department, and for other purposes.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 6833 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6833 To amend title 38, United States Code, to reorganize the acquisition structure of the Department of Veterans Affairs and to establish the Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation in the Department, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 18, 2025 Mr. Barrett introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend title 38, United States Code, to reorganize the acquisition structure of the Department of Veterans Affairs and to establish the Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation in the Department, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Acquisition Reform and Cost Assessment Act of 2025'' or the ``ARCA Act of 2025''. (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Department of Veterans Affairs acquisition organization. Sec. 3. Department of Veterans Affairs major acquisition program managers. Sec. 4. Department of Veterans Affairs acquisition and procurement reorganization matters. Sec. 5. Independent verification and validation of major acquisition programs of Department of Veterans Affairs. Sec. 6. Department of Veterans Affairs cost assessment and program evaluation. Sec. 7. Improvements to hiring of entry-level acquisition positions in the Department of Veterans Affairs. Sec. 8. Independent analysis of acquisition process of Department of Veterans Affairs. Sec. 9. Requirements development process. Sec. 10. Conf