3.0.0 994 2023-01-11T19:45:20Z 2023-01-11T19:45:20Z Senate S S 2007-03-27 110 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-03-27T20:20:38Z Disabled Veterans Fairness Act 110 1472 HR 2007-03-16 Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs. Related bill CRS 2007-03-27 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2007-03-27 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3842) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-03-27 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT N S001163 Sen. Salazar, Ken [D-CO] Ken Salazar D CO 2007-03-27 True W000803 Sen. Webb, Jim [D-VA] James Webb D VA H. "Jim" 2007-04-30 False S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2007-04-30 False B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2007-05-08 False S000663 Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] Olympia Snowe R ME J. 2007-05-11 False B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2007-05-23 False M000702 Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] BARBARA MIKULSKI D MD ANN 2007-06-06 False M001170 Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO] Claire McCaskill D MO 2007-06-14 False B000243 Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT] MAX BAUCUS D MT SIEBEN 2007-07-19 False D000432 Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND] BYRON DORGAN D ND LESLIE 2008-01-31 False R000361 Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV] JAY ROCKEFELLER D WV 2008-01-31 False L000035 Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR] BLANCHE LINCOLN D AR LAMBERT 2008-01-31 False A000360 Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN] Lamar Alexander R TN 2008-04-29 False Armed Forces and National Security Access to health care Disabled Government Operations and Politics Government travel Health Transportation and Public Works Travel costs Veterans' benefits Veterans' medical care Armed Forces and National Security 00 2007-03-27 Introduced in Senate 2007-05-10T22:16:19Z 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.

]]> Disabled Veterans Fairness 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 Veteran Affairs, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title Disabled Veterans Fairness Act Short Titles as Introduced Disabled Veterans Fairness Act Introduced in Senate 2007-03-27T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s994is/xml/BILLS-110s994is.xml 2007-03-27 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.