[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3283 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3283

 To amend title 38, United States Code, to allow for reimbursement of 
         certain travel at a set rate, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 21, 2009

Mr. Rodriguez 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 allow for reimbursement of 
         certain travel at a set rate, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. TRAVEL REIMBURSEMENT FOR VETERANS RECEIVING TREATMENT AT 
              FACILITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.

    (a) In General.--Section 111 of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``traveled,'' and 
        inserting ``(at a rate of 41.5 cents per mile),''; and
            (2) by amending subsection (g) to read as follows:
    ``(g) Not later than December 1 of each year, the Secretary shall 
submit to Congress a report on the amount of travel expenses paid by 
the Secretary under this section during the preceding fiscal year.''.
    (b) Clarification of Relation to Public Transportation in Veterans 
Health Administration Handbook.--Not later than 30 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 
revise the Veterans Health Administration Handbook to clarify that an 
allowance for travel based on mileage paid under section 111(a) of 
title 38, United States Code, may exceed the cost of such travel by 
public transportation regardless of medical necessity.
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