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119-hr-7838119th CongressWALLET

Veteran Artists Healing Act

Sponsored By: Representative Mills, Cory [R-FL-7]

Introduced

Summary

This bill would let VA medical centers buy original artwork directly from veteran patients. It would add a new procurement pathway under micro-purchase rules to support creative therapy and simplify small art purchases by or for veteran patients.

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  • Veteran patients who are enrolled at a VA medical center and who have a clinical recommendation for creative arts therapy or a history of participation in the National Veterans Creative Arts Festival could sell their original artwork to that medical center. Veterans must certify the work is their own and the art must be nonpartisan and clinical in nature, focusing on recovery, nature, or service.
  • Heads of VA medical centers would be able to make these purchases under the micro-purchase authority without requiring System for Awards Management registration or Small Business Administration certification, and without soliciting multiple offers so long as the price is reasonable.
  • Purchases made this way would be treated as procurement from veteran-owned small businesses for the purposes of VA contracting goals and priorities.

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VA buys artwork from veterans

If enacted, the bill would let VA medical centers buy original artwork directly from enrolled veteran patients. To qualify, the veteran would need a clinical recommendation for creative arts therapy or prior participation in the National Veterans Creative Arts Festival. The veteran would have to certify the piece is their own original work and that the artwork is non‑partisan and clinical in theme (recovery, nature, or service). A single medical center would be able to buy more than one piece from the same veteran, but total purchases from that veteran could not exceed $2,500 per fiscal year. These purchases would use micro-purchase rules, would not require SAM registration or SBA small-business certification, and would be treated as veteran-owned small business procurements for VA contracting goals. They would also be allowed without multiple-offer or equitable-distribution requirements if the price is determined to be reasonable.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Mills, Cory [R-FL-7]

FL • R

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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