[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1278 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1278

To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the rate of payments 
 provided by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for beneficiary travel.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 1, 2023

 Ms. Brownley 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 improve the rate of payments 
 provided by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for beneficiary travel.

    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 ``Driver Reimbursement Increase for 
Veteran Equity Act'' or the ``DRIVE Act''.

SEC. 2. PAYMENTS OR ALLOWANCES BY DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS FOR 
              BENEFICIARY TRAVEL.

    (a) Minimum Payment Amount.--Subsection (g) of section 111 of title 
38, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
    ``(g) The Secretary shall ensure that the mileage rate described in 
subsection (a) is equal to or greater than the mileage reimbursement 
rate for the use of privately owned vehicles by Government employees on 
official business (when no Government vehicle is available), as 
prescribed by the Administrator of General Services under section 
5707(b) of title 5.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--Such section is further amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``(at a rate of 41.5 
        cents per mile)'' and inserting ``(at a rate determined in 
        accordance with subsection (g))''; and
            (2) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ``and notwithstanding 
        subsection (g)(2) of this section''.
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