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HR 4025 109th Congress House

Disabled Veterans Fairness Act

Official title: To amend title 38, United States Code, to eliminate the deductible and change the method of determining the mileage reimbursement rate under the beneficiary tr… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend title 38, United States Code, to eliminate the deductible and change the method of determining the mileage reimbursement rate under the beneficiary travel program administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 28, 2006 See on congress.gov
Armed Forces and National Security Access to health careDisabledGovernment Operations and PoliticsGovernment travel
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HealthTransportation and Public WorksTravel costsVeterans' benefitsVeterans' medical care
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It never became law before the 109th Congress (2005–2006) 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.
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Oct 7, 2005
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Oct 7, 2005
Introduced in House
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 Latest action October 7, 2005

Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Disabled Veterans Fairness Act - Eliminates a $3 per round trip deductible charged by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in connection with the veterans beneficiary travel program (a program authorizing a travel allowance or reimbursement for beneficiaries providing transportation for veterans to obtain medical care).

Directs the Secretary, in determining the amount of such allowance or reimbursement, to use the mileage reimbursement rates for the use of privately owned vehicles by government employees traveling on official business.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 3948 Related bill Veterans Access to Health Care Act
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 30
All 30 Democratic 9 Republican 1 Independent 1
EMERSON, JO
· May 2, 2006
 D
Green, Al
Texas · May 2, 2006
Bordallo, Madeleine
· Apr 25, 2006
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Apr 25, 2006
 D
Matsui, Doris O.
California · Apr 4, 2006
Miller, Brad
· Mar 30, 2006
BOUCHER, RICK
· Mar 28, 2006
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Mar 28, 2006
SOUDER, MARK
· Mar 28, 2006
GORDON, BART
· Dec 6, 2005
TAYLOR, GENE
· Dec 6, 2005
Chandler, Ben
· Nov 17, 2005
Faleomavaega, Eni
· Nov 17, 2005
KILPATRICK, CAROLYN
· Nov 15, 2005
ORTIZ, SOLOMON
· Nov 15, 2005
STUPAK, BART
· Nov 15, 2005
COSTELLO, JERRY
· Nov 2, 2005
Davis, Lincoln
· Nov 2, 2005
Bean, Melissa
· Oct 27, 2005
 D
Case, Ed
Hawaii · Oct 27, 2005
KENNEDY, PATRICK
· Oct 27, 2005
 D
Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · Oct 27, 2005
Salazar, John
· Oct 27, 2005
 D
Schiff, Adam B.
California · Oct 27, 2005
 D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Oct 18, 2005
 D
Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · Oct 18, 2005
MOORE, DENNIS
· Oct 18, 2005
 R
Moran, Jerry
Kansas · Oct 17, 2005
 D
Van Hollen, Chris
Maryland · Oct 17, 2005
Herseth Sandlin, Stephanie
· Oct 7, 2005
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4025: Disabled Veterans Fairness Act. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-4025/
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"H.R. 4025: Disabled Veterans Fairness Act." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-4025/.
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H.R. 4025, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-4025/.
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