3.0.0 3276 2023-01-13T04:50:55Z 2023-01-13T04:50:55Z Senate S S 2006-05-26 109 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2006-05-26T16:29:20Z 2006-05-26 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2006-05-26 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress N000180 Sen. Nelson, Ben [D-NE] E. Nelson D NE Benjamin N J000177 Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD] TIM JOHNSON D SD 2006-05-26 True Armed Forces and National Security Appropriations Department of Veterans Affairs Disabled Economics and Public Finance Government Operations and Politics Health Transportation and Public Works Travel costs Veterans' benefits Veterans' medical care Veterans' rehabilitation Armed Forces and National Security 00 2006-05-26 Introduced in Senate 2006-09-11T19:02:36Z Emergency Energy Assistance for Disabled Veterans Fairness Act - Eliminates a $3 per round trip deductible charged by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in connection with the veterans beneficiary travel program (a program authorizing a travel allowance or reimbursement for beneficiaries providing transportation for veterans to obtain medical care).

Directs the Secretary, in determining the amount of such allowance or reimbursement, to use the mileage reimbursement rates for the use of privately owned vehicles by government employees traveling on official business.

]]> Emergency Energy Assistance for Disabled Veterans Act Display Title Emergency Energy Assistance for Disabled Veterans Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to eliminate the deductible and change the method of determining the mileage reimbursement rate under the beneficiary travel program administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Emergency Energy Assistance for Disabled Veterans Act Introduced in Senate 2006-05-26T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s3276is/xml/BILLS-109s3276is.xml 2006-05-26 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 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.