TRAVEL Act of 2025 passed the House 124 days after introduction and awaits a vote in the Senate
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 125 words.
The Territorial Response and Access to Veterans' Essential Lifecare Act or the TRAVEL Act of 2025 This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to assign a physician who has been appointed in the Veterans Health Administration to serve as a traveling physician for a period of not more than one year. Such physician must provide health care to veterans at VA facilities located in American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and any other territory or possession of the United States. Traveling physicians must coordinate with non-VA providers when necessary to ensure high quality and coordinated care for veterans receiving hospital care and medical services. The VA must provide a relocation or retention bonus to traveling physicians.
- Committees
- House Veterans' Affairs Committee
Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee - Policy area
- Armed Forces and National Security: 268 of 6,567 bills became law, 113th–118th (4.1%)
- Sponsor
- 0 of 21 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 4, from introduced in house to referred in senate · 416 words
- Subjects
- American SamoaGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementGuamHealth personnelNorthern Mariana IslandsPuerto Rico +4 more
- Latest action
- Sep 16, 2025: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
Each bill appears once, under its strongest link. 3 in all.
Related, per CRS or House · 3
- 119th H.R. 9237 Take Care of America’s Veterans Act R · Introduced
- 119th S. 4304 TRAVEL Act of 2026 R · Introduced
- 119th S. 4744 Take Care of America’s Veterans Act R · Introduced