[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 115 (Thursday, July 11, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S4763]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2440. Mr. RUBIO (for himself and Ms. Sinema) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4638, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2025 for military activities 
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for 
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military 
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which 
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the end of subtitle H of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1095. 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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