[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 696 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 696

    To amend title 38, United States Code, to treat Vet Centers as 
 Department of Veterans Affairs facilities for purposes of payments or 
  allowances for beneficiary travel to Department facilities, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 31, 2011

  Mr. Tester introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
             referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend title 38, United States Code, to treat Vet Centers as 
 Department of Veterans Affairs facilities for purposes of payments or 
  allowances for beneficiary travel to Department facilities, 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. TREATMENT OF VET CENTERS AS DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 
              FACILITIES FOR PURPOSES OF PAYMENTS OR ALLOWANCES FOR 
              BENEFICIARY TRAVEL.

    (a) In General.--Section 111 of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(i)(1) Vet Centers shall be treated as Department facilities for 
purposes of providing payment of actual expenses of travel or allowance 
for travel to or from a Department facility under this section.
    ``(2) In this subsection, the term `Vet Center' means a center for 
readjustment counseling and related mental health services for veterans 
under section 1712A of this title.''.
    (b) Applicability.--Section 111(i) of such title, as added by 
subsection (a), shall apply with respect to travel occurring on or 
after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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