[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7083 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7083

To amend title 38, United States Code, to make certain improvements in 
 the process of the Department of Veterans Affairs for making payments 
 to automobile sellers for automobiles purchased for certain disabled 
                   veterans, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 15, 2026

 Mr. Barrett 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 make certain improvements in 
 the process of the Department of Veterans Affairs for making payments 
 to automobile sellers for automobiles purchased for certain disabled 
                   veterans, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Centralized Reimbursement for 
Upgraded Innovative Service Equipment Act'' or the ``CRUISE Act''.

SEC. 2. IMPROVEMENTS TO PROCESS FOR MAKING PAYMENTS TO AUTOMOBILE 
              SELLERS FOR AUTOMOBILES PURCHASED FOR CERTAIN DISABLED 
              VETERANS.

    (a) Timeliness of Payments.--Section 3902 of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended, in subsection (a)--
            (1) by inserting ``(1)'' before ``The Secretary''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
    ``(2) The Secretary shall--
            ``(A) make payments under this section in compliance with 
        section 3903(a) of title 31; and
            ``(B) in the case of any payment under this section that is 
        not processed within 30 days, the Secretary shall publish the 
        number of days required to process the payment.''.
    (b) Centralization of Process for Making Payments.--Such section is 
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(f)(1) The Secretary shall ensure that the process for making 
payments to sellers under this section is centralized within the 
Central Office of the Department.
    ``(2) The Secretary shall develop a process to accurately track and 
resolve payments due to sellers under this section that have been 
outstanding for longer than 90 days.''.
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