[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2127 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2127

    To amend title 38, United States Code, to eliminate the income 
 eligibility and service-connected disability rating requirements for 
 the veterans beneficiary travel program administered by the Secretary 
                          of Veterans Affairs.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 27, 2009

  Mr. Souder introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend title 38, United States Code, to eliminate the income 
 eligibility and service-connected disability rating requirements for 
 the veterans beneficiary travel program administered by the Secretary 
                          of Veterans Affairs.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Veterans Travel Equity Act of 
2009''.

SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF INCOME ELIGIBILITY AND SERVICE-CONNECTED 
              DISABILITY RATING REQUIREMENTS FOR VETERANS BENEFICIARY 
              TRAVEL PROGRAM.

    Section 111 of such title is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
    ``(i) Effective beginning on the 90th day following the date of 
enactment of this subsection, the Secretary may not impose any income 
or pension eligibility requirement, or require any service-connected 
disability rating, for a veteran to be eligible for an allowance or 
reimbursement under this section and shall eliminate any such 
requirements in effect before such 90th day.''.
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