119-s812

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 812 Introduced in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 812

 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.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 March 3, 2025

Mr. Scott of Florida (for himself, Ms. Rosen, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Risch, 
 Mr. Wicker, Mr. King, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Rounds, and Mr. Peters) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
 Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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 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).
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