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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Kimberlyn King-Hinds
Kimberlyn King-Hinds
Republican · MP · Representative
Votes with party: 54.8% (42 recorded votes)

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Cosponsors (12)

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Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

2025-09-16

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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.

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Armed Forces and National Security
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