3.0.0 6035 2023-01-12T17:52:21Z 2023-01-12T17:52:21Z House H HR 2006-09-06 109 hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee House Standing hsvr03 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2006-09-19T15:37:51Z Referred to 2006-09-06T18:01:25Z 2006-09-19 hsvr03 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2006-09-06 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 2006-09-06 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2006-09-06 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress L000560 Rep. Larsen, Rick [D-WA-2] RICK LARSEN D WA 2 N Armed Forces and National Security Access to health care Economics and Public Finance Federal aid to transportation Health Housing and Community Development Rural health Transportation and Public Works Travel costs Veterans' benefits Veterans' hospitals Veterans' medical care Veterans' organizations Armed Forces and National Security 00 2006-09-06 Introduced in House 2006-11-17T21:29:05Z Rural Veterans Transportation Act of 2006 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a program to make grants to state veterans' service officers and veterans service organizations for providing innovative transportation options to veterans in remote rural areas.

Requires the subsistence allowance paid by the Secretary to veterans required to travel significant distances to receive treatment at facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to be at the rate provided to federal employees for authorized travel.

Repeals the requirement that the Secretary investigate periodically the actual cost of such travel (including lodging and subsistence).

]]> Rural Veterans Transportation Act of 2006 Display Title Rural Veterans Transportation Act of 2006 Official Title as Introduced To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide enhanced travel benefits for veterans traveling to facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Rural Veterans Transportation Act of 2006 Introduced in House 2006-09-06T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109hr6035ih/xml/BILLS-109hr6035ih.xml 2006-09-19 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.