TRAVEL Act of 2025
Sponsor

Full profile: /officials/K000404
Source: Congress.gov · FEC
Cosponsors (12)
Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.
- Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen (R-AS)Original· 2025-05-14
- James C. Moylan (R-GU)Original· 2025-05-14
- Jill N. Tokuda (D-HI-2)· 2025-06-03
- Rashida Tlaib (D-MI-12)· 2025-06-03
- Marilyn Strickland (D-WA-10)· 2025-06-09
- Sarah McBride (D-DE)· 2025-06-17
- Jennifer A. Kiggans (R-VA-2)· 2025-06-23
- Danny K. Davis (D-IL-7)· 2025-07-10
- Eugene Simon Vindman (D-VA-7)· 2025-07-15
- Pablo José Hernández (D-PR)· 2025-07-22
- Susie Lee (D-NV-3)· 2025-07-29
- Ed Case (D-HI-1)· 2025-09-02
Latest Action
The most recent step in the bill's legislative path. Committee Activity below shows referrals and reports; the full action-by-action history including floor proceedings lives at Congress.gov →
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
2025-09-16
Source: Congress.gov
Committee Activity
Currently in
- Senate Committee on Veterans' AffairsReferred To · 2025-09-16
- House Committee on Veterans' AffairsReported By · 2025-09-10
Previously
- Veterans' Affairs CommitteeReferred To · 2025-09-16
- Veterans' Affairs CommitteeReported By · 2025-09-10
- Veterans' Affairs CommitteeMarkup By · 2025-07-23
- House Committee on Veterans' AffairsMarkup By · 2025-07-23
- Veterans' Affairs CommitteeDischarged from · 2025-07-03
Plain-English Summary
The Territorial Response and Access to Veterans' Essential Lifecare Act or the TRAVEL Act of 2025 This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to assign a physician who has been appointed in the Veterans Health Administration to serve as a traveling physician for a period of not more than one year. Such physician must provide health care to veterans at VA facilities located in American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and any other territory or possession of the United States. Traveling physicians must coordinate with non-VA providers when necessary to ensure high quality and coordinated care for veterans receiving hospital care and medical services. The VA must provide a relocation or retention bonus to traveling physicians.
Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.
Subjects
Related legislation
Bills by the same sponsor or covering overlapping subjects.
- HR9652Northern Marianas VA Community-Based Outpatient Clinic Authorization Act of 2026Referred to Committee · 2026-07-13
- HR9316Travel Assistance for Veterans in Medical Deserts ActReferred to Committee · 2026-06-15
- HR8931Northern Mariana Islands Workforce Improvement ActReferred to Committee · 2026-05-20
- HR6652U.S. Vets of the FAS ActReported by Committee · 2026-05-14