HR 6035
109th Congress
House
Armed Forces and National Security
Access to health care
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to transportation
Health
Housing and Community Development
Rural health
Transportation and Public Works
Travel costs
Veterans' benefits
Veterans' hospitals
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' organizations
Rural Veterans Transportation Act of 2006
Introduced: September 6, 2006
Introduced by:
Larsen, Rick
Democratic
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 19, 2006
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Sep 6, 2006
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Sep 6, 2006
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Rural Veterans Transportation Act of 2006 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a program to make grants to state veterans' service officers and veterans service organizations for providing innovative transportation options to veterans in remote rural areas.
Requires the subsistence allowance paid by the Secretary to veterans required to travel significant distances to receive treatment at facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to be at the rate provided to federal employees for authorized travel.
Repeals the requirement that the Secretary investigate periodically the actual cost of such travel (including lodging and subsistence).
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Committees of jurisdiction
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