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HR 4716 106th Congress House

Veterans Travel Fairness Act

Official title: To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide that the rate of reimbursement for motor vehicle travel under the beneficiary travel program of the Departmen… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide that the rate of reimbursement for motor vehicle travel under the beneficiary travel program of the Department of Veterans Affairs shall be the same as the rate for private vehicle reimbursement for Federal employees.

Introduced: June 21, 2000 See on congress.gov
Armed Forces and National Security AutomobilesTransportation and Public WorksTravel costsVeterans' benefits
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It never became law before the 106th Congress (1999–2000) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 7, 2000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jun 21, 2000
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Jun 21, 2000
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1072-1073)
Jun 21, 2000
Introduced in House
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 Latest action December 7, 2000

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Veterans Travel Fairness Act - Makes the rate of reimbursement for private vehicle travel under the beneficiary travel program of the Department of Veterans Affairs equal to the rate for private vehicle reimbursement for Federal employees.
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 3 Independent 1
STENHOLM, CHARLES
· Sep 20, 2000
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Jul 27, 2000
FROST, MARTIN
· Jun 21, 2000
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Jun 21, 2000
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Jun 21, 2000
 D
Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · Jun 21, 2000
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4716: Veterans Travel Fairness Act. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-4716/
MLA
"H.R. 4716: Veterans Travel Fairness Act." 106th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-4716/.
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H.R. 4716, 106th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-4716/.
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