[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3834 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3834

  To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to ensure veterans may 
 obtain a physical copy of a form for reimbursement of certain travel 
expenses by mail or at medical facilities of the Department of Veterans 
                    Affairs, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 29, 2024

 Mr. Rubio (for himself and Ms. Sinema) introduced the following bill; 
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
  To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to ensure veterans may 
 obtain a physical copy of a form for reimbursement of certain travel 
expenses by mail or at medical facilities of the Department of Veterans 
                    Affairs, 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. REQUIREMENT FOR SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS TO MAKE 
              AVAILABLE TO VETERANS PHYSICAL COPIES OF FORM FOR 
              REIMBURSEMENT OF CERTAIN TRAVEL EXPENSES.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall prescribe 
regulations to ensure that--
            (1) a veteran may, for the purposes of submitting a claim 
        for the reimbursement of expenses for travel under section 111 
        of title 38, United States Code--
                    (A) obtain a physical copy of the covered form--
                            (i) by mail, upon the request of such 
                        veteran; or
                            (ii) at any medical facility of the 
                        Department of Veterans Affairs; and
                    (B) submit the covered form to any such medical 
                facility in person or by mail; and
            (2) any such medical facility to which a veteran submits 
        the covered form--
                    (A) evaluates such covered form; and
                    (B) processes any claim associated with such 
                covered form, if applicable.
    (b) Covered Form Defined.--In this section, the term ``covered 
form'' means Department of Veterans Affairs Form 10-3452 (or any 
successor document).
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