To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand the eligibility of veterans with service-connected disabilities who reside in certain territories or the Freely Associated States for payments or allowances for beneficiary travel.

To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand the eligibility of veterans with service-connected disabilities who reside in certain territories or the Freely Associated States for payments or allowances 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.

SEC. 2. Expansion of eligibility of veterans with service-connected disabilities who reside in certain territories or the Freely Associated States for payments or allowances for beneficiary travel.

(1) in paragraph (1)(B)—

(A) by striking “rated at 30 percent or more.” and inserting an em dash; and

(B) by adding at the end the following new clauses:

“(i) rated at 30 percent or more; or

“(ii) without regard to rating in the case of a veteran who resides in a covered jurisdiction in which no medical facility of the Department is located.”; and

(2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:

“(5) In this subsection:

“(A) The term ‘covered jurisdiction’ means a territory or the Freely Associated States.

“(B) The term ‘Freely Associated States’ has the meaning given such term in subsection (h).

“(C) The term ‘territory’ has the meaning given such term in section 5 of the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act (Public Law 114–187; 48 U.S.C. 2104).”.