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