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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1564 

To amend section 504 of the Veterans’ Benefits Improvements Act of 1996 

to specify the funding source for travel related to examinations by physicians not employed by the Department of Veterans Affairs regarding 

medical disabilities of applicants for benefits under title 38, United 

States Code, to codify section 504 of the Veterans’ Benefits Improvements Act of 1996, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 16, 2017 

Mr. BERGMAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 

A BILL 

To amend section 504 of the Veterans’ Benefits Improvements Act of 1996 to specify the funding source for 

travel related to examinations by physicians not employed 

by the Department of Veterans Affairs regarding medical 

disabilities of applicants for benefits under title 38, 

United States Code, to codify section 504 of the Veterans’ Benefits Improvements Act of 1996, and for other 

purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘VA Beneficiary Travel 

3 Act of 2017’’. 

4 SEC. 2. SPECIFICATION OF FUNDING SOURCE; CODIFICA5 TION OF SECTION 504 OF THE VETERANS’ 

6 BENEFITS IMPROVEMENTS ACT OF 1996. 

7 (a) FUNDING CLARIFICATION.—Section 504 of the 

8 Veterans’ Benefits Improvements Act of 1996 (Public 

9 Law 104–275; 38 U.S.C. 5101 note) is amended, in sub10 section (d), by inserting ‘‘and payments for related travel 

11 and incidental expenses under section 111 of title 38, 

12 United States Code,’’ after ‘‘under this section’’. 

13 (b) CODIFICATION OF SECTION 504 OF THE VET14 ERANS’ BENEFITS IMPROVEMENTS ACT OF 1996.— 

15 (1) CODIFICATION.—Section 504 of the Vet16 erans’ Benefits Improvements Act of 1996 (Public 

17 Law 104–275; 38 U.S.C. 5101 note), as amended by 

18 subsection (a), is— 

19 (A) transferred to chapter 51 of title 38, 

20 United States Code; 

21 (B) inserted after section 5109B of such 

22 title; and 

23 (C) redesignated as section 5109C of such 

24 title. 

25 (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.— 


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1 (A) OBSOLETE REPORTING PROVISION.— 

2 Section 5109C of title 38, United States Code, 

3 as added by subsection (a), is amended by 

4 striking subsection (e). 

5 (B) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table of 

6 sections at the beginning of chapter 51 of title 

7 38, United States Code, is amended by insert8 ing after the item relating to section 5109B the 

9 following new item: 

‘‘5109C. Pilot program for use of contract physicians for disability examinations.’’. 

10 (C) SECTION HEADING TYPEFACE AND

11 TYPESTYLE.—Section 5109C of title 38, United 

12 States Code, as added by subsection (a), is 

13 amended— 

14 (i) in the enumerator, by striking 

15 ‘‘SEC.’’ and inserting ‘‘§’’; and 

16 (ii) in the section heading— 

17 (I) by striking the period at the 

18 end; and 

19 (II) by conforming the typeface 

20 and typestyle, including capitalization, 

21 to the typeface and typestyle as used 

22 in the section heading of section 1163 

23 of such title. 

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