All Roll Calls
Yes: 371 • No: 21
119-hr-3400119th CongressWALLET
TRAVEL Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Representative King-Hinds, Kimberlyn [R-MP-At Large]
Passed House
Summary
Deploys VA traveling physicians to U.S. territories to expand veteran care access. The bill would let the Secretary of Veterans Affairs assign physicians appointed under title 38 to serve as traveling physicians for up to one year per assignment and deploy them to American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, or other territories at VA or approved facilities. Traveling physicians would coordinate with local non-VA providers when needed and receive a relocation or retention bonus similar to existing VA bonuses.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
One-year extension of VA pension deadline
If enacted, this would push a VA pension deadline back one year. The date in law would change from November 30, 2031 to December 31, 2032. It would apply only to veterans covered by 38 U.S.C. 5503(d)(7). It would take effect at enactment. It would not change how pension amounts are calculated.
VA could send doctors to territories
If enacted, VA could assign some VA doctors to work in U.S. territories for up to one year at a time. Places include American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and other territories. VA could send multiple doctors and place each by location. These doctors would coordinate care with local non-VA providers. They would also get a relocation or retention bonus, similar to other VA bonuses. The bill does not set a dollar amount.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
King-Hinds, Kimberlyn [R-MP-At Large]
MP • R
Cosponsors
Del. Moylan, James C. [R-GU-At Large]
GU • R
Sponsored 5/14/2025
Del. Radewagen, Aumua Amata Coleman [R-AS-At Large]
AS • R
Sponsored 5/14/2025
Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12]
MI • D
Sponsored 6/3/2025
Rep. Tokuda, Jill N. [D-HI-2]
HI • D
Sponsored 6/3/2025
Rep. Strickland, Marilyn [D-WA-10]
WA • D
Sponsored 6/9/2025
Rep. McBride, Sarah [D-DE-At Large]
DE • D
Sponsored 6/17/2025
Rep. Kiggans, Jennifer A. [R-VA-2]
VA • R
Sponsored 6/23/2025
Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7]
IL • D
Sponsored 7/10/2025
Rep. Vindman, Eugene Simon [D-VA-7]
VA • D
Sponsored 7/15/2025
Rescom. Hernández, Pablo Jose [D-PR-At Large]
PR • D
Sponsored 7/22/2025
Rep. Lee, Susie [D-NV-3]
NV • D
Sponsored 7/29/2025
Rep. Case, Ed [D-HI-1]
HI • D
Sponsored 9/2/2025
Roll Call Votes
house vote • 9/15/2025
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended
Yes: 371 • No: 21