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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 812 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to ensure veterans may obtain |
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| 6 | 6 | | a physical copy of a form for reimbursement of certain travel expenses |
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| 7 | 7 | | by mail or at medical facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs, |
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| 8 | 8 | | and for other purposes. |
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| 9 | 9 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 10 | 10 | | MARCH3, 2025 |
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| 11 | 11 | | Mr. S |
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| 12 | 12 | | COTTof Florida (for himself, Ms. ROSEN, Mr. MARSHALL, Mr. RISCH, |
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| 13 | 13 | | Mr. W |
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| 14 | 14 | | ICKER, Mr. KING, Mr. TILLIS, Mr. ROUNDS, and Mr. PETERS) in- |
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| 15 | 15 | | troduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Com- |
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| 16 | 16 | | mittee on Veterans’ Affairs |
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| 17 | 17 | | A BILL |
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| 18 | 18 | | To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to ensure vet- |
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| 19 | 19 | | erans may obtain a physical copy of a form for reim- |
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| 20 | 20 | | bursement of certain travel expenses by mail or at med- |
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| 21 | 21 | | ical facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs, |
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| 22 | 22 | | and for other purposes. |
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| 23 | 23 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 24 | 24 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 27 | 27 | | •S 812 IS |
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| 28 | 28 | | SECTION 1. REQUIREMENT FOR SECRETARY OF VETERANS 1 |
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| 29 | 29 | | AFFAIRS TO MAKE AVAILABLE TO VETERANS 2 |
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| 30 | 30 | | PHYSICAL COPIES OF FORM FOR REIM-3 |
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| 31 | 31 | | BURSEMENT OF CERTAIN TRAVEL EXPENSES. 4 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (a) I |
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| 33 | 33 | | NGENERAL.—The Secretary of Veterans Affairs 5 |
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| 34 | 34 | | shall prescribe regulations to ensure that— 6 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (1) a veteran may, for the purposes of submit-7 |
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| 36 | 36 | | ting a claim for the reimbursement of expenses for 8 |
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| 37 | 37 | | travel under section 111 of title 38, United States 9 |
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| 38 | 38 | | Code— 10 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (A) obtain a physical copy of the covered 11 |
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| 40 | 40 | | form— 12 |
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| 41 | 41 | | (i) by mail, upon the request of such 13 |
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| 42 | 42 | | veteran; or 14 |
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| 43 | 43 | | (ii) at any medical facility of the De-15 |
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| 44 | 44 | | partment of Veterans Affairs; and 16 |
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| 45 | 45 | | (B) submit the covered form to any such 17 |
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| 46 | 46 | | medical facility in person or by mail; and 18 |
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| 47 | 47 | | (2) any such medical facility to which a veteran 19 |
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| 48 | 48 | | submits the covered form— 20 |
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| 49 | 49 | | (A) evaluates such covered form; and 21 |
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| 50 | 50 | | (B) processes any claim associated with 22 |
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| 51 | 51 | | such covered form, if applicable. 23 |
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| 54 | 54 | | •S 812 IS |
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| 55 | 55 | | (b) COVEREDFORMDEFINED.—In this section, the 1 |
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| 56 | 56 | | term ‘‘covered form’’ means Department of Veterans Af-2 |
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| 57 | 57 | | fairs Form 10–3452 (or any successor document). 3 |
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