110 HR 963 IH: Veterans Travel Fairness U.S. House of Representatives 2007-02-08 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.

I 110th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 963 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 8, 2007 Mr. Stupak introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs A BILL To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide that the rate of reimbursement for motor vehicle travel under the beneficiary travel program of the Department of Veterans Affairs shall be the same as the rate for private vehicle reimbursement for Federal employees.

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Veterans Travel Fairness Act.

2.

Motor vehicle travel reimbursement rate under the Department of Veterans Affairs beneficiary travel program

(a)

Rate

Section 111(g) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (5)Notwithstanding subparagraphs (B) and (C) of paragraph (2) and any other provision of this section, the rate of reimbursement under this section for travel by a privately owned motor automobile shall be the rate in effect under section 5704 of title 5. . (b)

Effective date

The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to travel after the date of the enactment of this Act.