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    <item congress="119" measure-type="s" measure-number="812" measure-id="id119s812" originChamber="SENATE" orig-publish-date="2025-03-03" update-date="2025-05-13">
        <title>A bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to ensure veterans may obtain a physical copy of a form for reimbursement of certain travel expenses by mail or at medical facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.</title>
        <summary summary-id="id119s812v00" currentChamber="SENATE" update-date="2025-05-13">
            <action-date>2025-03-03</action-date>
            <action-desc>Introduced in Senate</action-desc>
            <summary-text><![CDATA[<p>This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to ensure that a veteran may obtain a physical copy of the form needed for travel reimbursements at any VA medical facility or, upon request, by mail. The VA must also ensure a veteran may submit the form to any VA medical facility in person or by mail. Such medical facilities must evaluate the form and process any claim associated with the form.</p>]]></summary-text>
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