1. Short title This Act may be cited as the VA Supply Chain Management System Authorization Act . 2. Management of supply chains for medical facilities of Department of Veterans Affairs (a) In general The Secretary may carry out a covered information technology system that— (1) is cloud-based; (2) includes functions relating to— (A) inventory management of both expendable and nonexpendable items covered by the system, with respect to both— (i) physical inventory; and (ii) perpetual inventory; (B) management of the receipt of such items, with respect to— (i) intake; (ii) returns; and (iii) the identification of such items that are recalled; (C) management of the storage of such items, with respect to— (i) local storage; and (ii) centralized storage at a medical facility or warehousing at a different location for one or more medical facilities; (D) management of the distribution of such items; (E) the generation and scanning of barcodes or the use of radio frequency identification technology or other similar inventory tracking technology; (F) reporting, consisting of— (i) standard or preexisting reports; and (ii) customizable or custom-generated reports; and (G) either in the system itself or through an interface with an external information technology system— (i) capital asset management; (ii) maintenance of a catalog of available supplies; and (iii) lifecycle tracking from acquisition of such items through the disposal of such items; (3) with respect to the items covered by the system— (A) includes— (i) medical supplies; (ii) surgical equipment and supplies; (iii) laboratory equipment and supplies; (iv) supplies and capital equipment pertaining to facilities or real property; (v) biomedical equipment; (vi) textiles and apparel; (vii) dental equipment and supplies; and (viii) equipment and supplies relating to the treatment of sleep apnea