Department of Veterans Affairs Acquisition Reform Act of 2025

This bill would reorganize how the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) builds, leases, buys, and supplies its facilities. It puts one VA leader in charge of all building, planning, repairs, and leasing across the VA, so staff working on those tasks report to the same place. It also moves all buying, contracting, and logistics under the VA’s Chief Acquisition Officer, with regional leaders to keep work closer to the ground. The goal is to fix overlap, speed up projects, and make better use of money and people, since Congress found the VA’s setup was confusing and inefficient .

The VA must set up regional structures that line up with parts of its health network and name regional directors for acquisition, logistics, and construction. A second regional leader will focus on construction and leasing. The VA does not have to move employees physically to do this. The bill also grows the pipeline for entry-level acquisition jobs by using internships and roughly doubling to quadrupling the number of participants, until the VA certifies it has enough trained staff. The VA must report to Congress on how it will strengthen its acquisition workforce within 90 days, and how the consolidations were carried out within about a year .

| Who is affected | What changes | When | | — | — | — | | VA staff in construction, leasing, repairs, and related purchasing | They report to the Director of Construction and Facilities Management; duties and definitions are clarified | Begins after enactment; consolidation due within 1 year | | VA staff in acquisition, contracting, and logistics | All functions move under the Chief Acquisition Officer with regional directors | Within 1 year; regions align with VA health network; no required relocations | | Future entry-level acquisition hires and interns | Internship programs are the main path to hire; total interns increased to 2–4x the 2025 level until staffing needs are met | By the end of the first fiscal year after enactment; ends when VA certifies staffing is sufficient | | Congress and the public | VA must provide a 90-day plan to grow the acquisition workforce and a report on consolidation after about a year | 90 days and 390 days after enactment, respectively |