H.R. 3400 — 119th Congress
TRAVEL Act of 2025
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Sep 16, 2025Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
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As of May 14, 2025Introduced in House
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.
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Roll-call votes
1 on recordSep 15, 2025 · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended
Full roll callYea — 371: 195 D · 175 R · 1 I
Nay — 21: 21 R
Not Voting — 40: 22 R · 18 D
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