{"format":1,"id":"119-hr-3400","congress":119,"number":"H.R. 3400","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"TRAVEL Act of 2025","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to assign physicians of the Department of Veterans Affairs to temporarily serve as traveling physicians in the territories and possessions of the United States, and for other purposes.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to assign physicians of the Department of Veterans Affairs to temporarily serve as traveling physicians in the territories and possessions of the United States, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Display Title","title":"TRAVEL Act of 2025"},{"type":"Official Title from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text","title":"To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to assign physicians of the Department of Veterans Affairs to temporarily serve as traveling physicians in the territories and possessions of the United States, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"Territorial Response and Access to Veterans’ Essential Lifecare Act"},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"TRAVEL Act of 2025"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"TRAVEL Act of 2025"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Territorial Response and Access to Veterans’ Essential Lifecare Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"Territorial Response and Access to Veterans’ Essential Lifecare Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"TRAVEL Act of 2025"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"the Territorial Response and Access to Veterans’ Essential Lifecare Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"TRAVEL Act of 2025"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2025-05-14","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2025-09-15","vote":{"id":"119-2025-h266","question":"On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended","title":"TRAVEL Act","result":"Passed","yea":371,"nay":21,"present":0,"not_voting":40,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2025/roll266.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"pending","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"not_yet","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.","date":"2025-09-16"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2025-05-14","stage":"Introduced in House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"The Territorial Response and Access to Veterans' Essential Lifecare Act or the TRAVEL Act of 2025"},{"k":"p","t":"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."},{"k":"p","t":"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."},{"k":"p","t":"The VA must provide a relocation or retention bonus to traveling physicians."}],"words":125},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Amends title 38, United States Code, to let the Secretary of Veterans Affairs assign Department physicians to serve as traveling physicians for veterans in United States territories and possessions, and extends a date in a law on pension payment limits.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3400/text/eh#HD73A6897381B4D499C1F7911513D41D0"},{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3400/text/eh#H2DB86A10737F41D1ADA1EC56EC0975CB"}]},"core_areas":["Traveling physician assignments for veterans in U.S. territories and possessions","Pay and retention bonuses for Department of Veterans Affairs traveling physicians","Date extension for limits on payments of pension"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Allows the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to assign a physician appointed under section 7401 or section 7431 of title 38 to serve as a traveling physician for not more than one year at a time.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3400/text/eh#HD73A6897381B4D499C1F7911513D41D0"}},{"text":"Allows traveling physicians to be assigned to provide health care to veterans residing in American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands of the United States, or any other territory or possession, at Department facilities or other approved facilities there.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3400/text/eh#HD73A6897381B4D499C1F7911513D41D0"}},{"text":"Requires traveling physicians to coordinate with non-Department medical providers to the extent practicable and necessary to ensure high quality and coordinated care for veterans receiving hospital care and medical services.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3400/text/eh#HD73A6897381B4D499C1F7911513D41D0"}},{"text":"Requires the Secretary to provide traveling physicians a relocation or retention bonus in addition to their regular pay, substantially similar to a bonus offered under section 7410(a) of title 38, as the Secretary considers appropriate.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3400/text/eh#HD73A6897381B4D499C1F7911513D41D0"}},{"text":"Replaces the words \"retention allowances\" with \"retention bonuses\" in sections 7410(a)(1) and 7431(e)(5)(B) of title 38, and strikes one comma in section 7410(a)(1).","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3400/text/eh#HD73A6897381B4D499C1F7911513D41D0"}},{"text":"Changes the date in section 5503(d)(7) of title 38 from \"November 30, 2031\" to \"December 31, 2032\".","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3400/text/eh#H2DB86A10737F41D1ADA1EC56EC0975CB"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2025-09-15","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3400/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-09-29","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3400","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3400/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/119-hr-3400.png","v":"abe6d640602b","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 3400, 119th Congress: TRAVEL Act of 2025. House: 371 Yea, 21 Nay. Senate: not yet considered. Outcome: Passed House, 15 Sep 2025."}}