Senate bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Passed Senate

ARCA Act of 2025

S. 1591Introduced May 5, 2025Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Official title: 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.

Sponsor: Sen. Jerry Moran R-KS

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Where it went

IntroducedMay 5, 2025
Committee actionJul 30, 2025
Passed SenateDec 11, 2025 · by unanimous consent
Passed House—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Dec 15, 2025 — Held at the desk.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1591.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1591, Acquisition Reform and Cost Assessment Act of 2025” on October 27, 2025. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on July 30, 2025”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 27, 2025 ↗
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CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61835
CBO publication date
October 27, 2025
Congress.gov bill record
S. 1591, 119th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/s/1591
Record last updated by Congress.gov
July 8, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 13, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 119-97 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on December 2, 2025.
Source: Congress.gov, reported December 2, 2025 ↗
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https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/SRPT/97
Congress.gov bill record
S. 1591, 119th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/s/1591
Record last updated by Congress.gov
July 8, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 13, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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