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HR3400Passed House

TRAVEL Act of 2025

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Introduced
In Committee
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both
5
Signed into Law
119th
Congress
2025-05-14
Introduced
12
Cosponsors
HR
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Type

Sponsor

Kimberlyn King-Hinds
Kimberlyn King-Hinds
Republican · MP · Representative
Votes with party: 57.4% (47 recorded votes)

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-0)Original· 2025-05-14
  • James C. Moylan (R-GU-0)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-0)· 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-0)· 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

Armed Forces and National Security
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Open text viewRead on Congress.gov

Related legislation

Bills by the same sponsor or covering overlapping subjects.

  • HR9652Northern Marianas VA Community-Based Outpatient Clinic Authorization Act of 2026
    Referred to Committee · 2026-07-13
  • HR9316Travel Assistance for Veterans in Medical Deserts Act
    Referred to Committee · 2026-06-15
  • HR8931Northern Mariana Islands Workforce Improvement Act
    Referred to Committee · 2026-05-20
  • HR6652U.S. Vets of the FAS Act
    Reported by Committee · 2026-05-14