TRAVEL Act of 2025 (H.R. 3400)
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Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
9/16/2025 • Senate
Summary
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.
Introduced in House • 5/14/2025
Topics & Subjects
CBO Cost Estimates (1)
Related Federal Spending
Sponsor & Cosponsors (13)
Party Breakdown
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Cosponsors (12)
Bill Journey
Originated in the House
Introduced
May 14, 2025
Committee Review
June 12, 2025
Subcommittee Hearings Held
Floor Debate
September 15, 2025
Passed Chamber
September 15, 2025
Other Chamber
President
Enacted into Law
Text Versions (4)
Committee Reports (1)
Related Bills (3)
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· Congress.gov, CRS, House Clerk, CBO, USAspending, FEC, LDA · Record updated Jul 17, 2026
- Congress.govLibrary of CongressStatus, actions, sponsors, cosponsors, committees and textRecord updated Jul 17, 2026 · Loaded Oct 31, 2026, 7:30 PM ET
- CRS bill summaryCongressional Research Service, via Congress.govOfficial summarySummary of the “Introduced in House” version, May 14, 2025 · Loaded Oct 31, 2026, 7:30 PM ET
- House roll-call votesOffice of the Clerk, U.S. House of RepresentativesRoll-call results on this billLatest roll call Sep 15, 2025 · Loaded Oct 31, 2026, 7:30 PM ET
- CBO cost estimatesCongressional Budget OfficeCost estimatesLatest estimate Sep 8, 2025 · Loaded Oct 31, 2026, 7:30 PM ET
- USAspending.govU.S. Department of the TreasuryRelated Federal Spending section
- FEC filingsFederal Election CommissionFunding & Lobbying section
- Lobbying disclosures (LDA)Secretary of the Senate and Clerk of the HouseFunding & Lobbying section
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