[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 146 (Monday, September 8, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6419-S6420]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3813. Mr. MORAN (for himself, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Boozman, Ms. Hirono, 
Mr. Risch, and Ms. Murkowski) submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed to amendment SA 3748 proposed by Mr. Wicker (for himself and

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Mr. Reed) to the bill S. 2296, to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
year 2026 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 F of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1067. REQUIREMENT TO PROVIDE CERTAIN SERVICES TO 
                   VETERANS IN THE FREELY ASSOCIATED STATES.

       (a) Telehealth and Mail Order Pharmacy Benefits.--Section 
     1724(f)(1) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by 
     adding at the end the following:
       ``(C) Not later than one year after the date of the 
     enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
     Fiscal Year 2026, the Secretary shall furnish to veterans 
     described in subparagraph (A), subject to agreements 
     described in such subparagraph, telehealth benefits and mail 
     order pharmacy benefits.''.
       (b) Beneficiary Travel.--Section 111(h)(1) of such title is 
     amended by striking ``the Secretary may make payments'' and 
     inserting ``beginning not later than one year after the date 
     of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act 
     for Fiscal Year 2026, the Secretary shall make payments''.
       (c) Quarterly Report.--
       (1) In general.--Not less frequently than quarterly, the 
     Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the appropriate 
     committees of Congress a report on the status of 
     implementation of the amendments made by this section and the 
     cost of such implementation.
       (2) Appropriate committees of congress defined.--In this 
     subsection, the term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' 
     means--
       (A) the Committee on Veterans' Affairs and the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the Senate; and
       (B) the Committee on Veterans' Affairs and the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives.
       (d) Extension of Certain Limits on Payments of Pension.--
     Section 5503(d)(7) of title 38, United States Code, is 
     amended by striking ``November 30, 2031'' and inserting 
     ``April 30, 2032''.
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