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A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to treat Vet Centers as Department of Veterans Affairs facilities for purposes of payments or allowances for beneficiary travel to Department facilities,…

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A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to treat Vet Centers as Department of Veterans Affairs facilities for purposes of payments or allowances for beneficiary travel to Department facilities, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 31, 2011 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 8, 2011
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 112-116.
Mar 31, 2011
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Mar 31, 2011
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Treats Vet Centers as Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) facilities for purposes of authorized payments or allowances for beneficiary travel to or from a VA facility in connection with medical care.

What's happening now June 8, 2011

Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 112-116.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 2 Republican 1
R
Moran, Jerry
Kansas · May 12, 2011
 D
Blumenthal, Richard
Connecticut · May 2, 2011
 D
Wyden, Ron
Oregon · Apr 13, 2011
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 696: A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to treat Vet Centers as Department of Veterans Affairs facilities for purposes of payments or allowances for beneficiary travel to Department facilities, and for other purposes.. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-696/
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"S. 696: A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to treat Vet Centers as Department of Veterans Affairs facilities for purposes of payments or allowances for beneficiary travel to Department facilities, and for other purposes.." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-696/.
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S. 696, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-696/.
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