1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Biological Implant Tracking and Veteran Safety Act of 2017 . 2. Identification and tracking of biological implants used in Department of Veterans Affairs medical facilities (a) In general Subchapter II of chapter 73 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 7330B. Identification and tracking of biological implants (a) Standard identification system for biological implants (1) The Secretary shall adopt the unique device identification system developed for medical devices by the Food and Drug Administration under section 519(f) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 360i(f) ), or implement a comparable standard identification system, for use in identifying biological implants intended for use in medical procedures conducted in medical facilities of the Department. (2) In adopting or implementing a standard identification system for biological implants under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall permit a vendor to use any of the accredited entities identified by the Food and Drug Administration as an issuing agency pursuant to section 830.100 of title 21, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor regulation. (b) Biological implant tracking system (1) The Secretary shall implement a system for tracking the biological implants described in subsection (a) from human donor or animal source to implantation. (2) The tracking system implemented under paragraph (1) shall be compatible with the identification system adopted or implemented under subsection (a). (3) The Secretary shall implement inventory controls compatible with the tracking system implemented under paragraph (1) so that all patients who have received, in a medical facility of the Department, a biological implant subject to a recall can be notified of the recall if, based on the evaluation by appropriate medical personnel of the Department of the risks and benefits, the Secretary determines such notification is appropriate. (c) Consistency with