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119th Congress

H.R. 3400

TRAVEL Act of 2025

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. To President
  6. Became law
Sponsor
Kimberlyn King-Hinds(R-MP)
Introduced
May 14, 2025
Policy area
Armed Forces and National Security
Committees
House Committee on Veterans' Affairs; Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs
Official text
Referred in Senate · Congress.gov page

Cosponsors (12)

Original cosponsors (2)

Added later (10)

Summary

Summary by the Congressional Research Service· describes the “Introduced in House” version

The Territorial Response and Access to Veterans' Essential Lifecare Act or the TRAVEL Act of 2025 This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to assign a physician who has been appointed in the Veterans Health Administration to serve as a traveling physician for a period of not more than one year. Such physician must provide health care to veterans at VA facilities located in American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and any other territory or possession of the United States. Traveling physicians must coordinate with non-VA providers when necessary to ensure high quality and coordinated care for veterans receiving hospital care and medical services. The VA must provide a relocation or retention bonus to traveling physicians.

Roll-call votes

DateVoteResultYour members
Sep 15, 2025
House #266		On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended: TRAVEL ActPassedSet your home to see

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