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Union Calendar No. 219 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3400 
[Report No. 119–263] 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs to assign physicians of the Department of Veterans Affairs to 
temporarily serve as traveling physicians in the territories and possessions 
of the United States, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 14, 2025 
Ms. KING-HINDS (for herself, Mr. MOYLAN, and Mrs. RADEWAGEN) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Vet-
erans’ Affairs 
SEPTEMBER 10, 2025 
Additional sponsors: Ms. TLAIB, Ms. TOKUDA, Ms. STRICKLAND, Ms. 
MCBRIDE, Mrs. KIGGANS of Virginia, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. 
VINDMAN, Mr. HERNA´NDEZ, Ms. LEE of Nevada, and Mr. CASE 
SEPTEMBER 10, 2025 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on May 14, 2025] 
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A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs to assign physicians of 
the Department of Veterans Affairs to temporarily serve 
as traveling physicians in the territories and possessions 
of the United States, and for other purposes. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Territorial Response and 
Access to Veterans’ Essential Lifecare Act’’ or the ‘‘TRAV-
EL Act of 2025’’. 
SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS ASSIGNMENT OF TRAV-
ELING PHYSICIANS TO SERVE TERRITORIES 
AND POSSESSIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter I of chapter 74 of title 
38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 
the following new section: 
‘‘§ 7415. Traveling physicians 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—(1) The Secretary may assign a 
physician appointed under section 7401 or section 7431 of 
this title to serve as a traveling physician for a period of 
not more than one year at a time. A physician assigned 
to serve as a traveling physician under this section may 
be assigned to provide health care to veterans residing in 
American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the North-
ern Mariana Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, 
the Virgin Islands of the United States, or any other terri-
tory or possession of the United States at Department fa-
cilities or other approved facilities located in such territory 
or possession. 
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‘‘(2) The Secretary may assign multiple physicians to 
serve as traveling physicians under this section and may 
assign each such physician to serve in a specific territory 
or possession. 
‘‘(b) COORDINATION
OF CARE.—In providing care 
under this section, traveling physicians shall coordinate 
with non-Department medical providers to the extent prac-
ticable and necessary to ensure high quality and coordi-
nated care for veterans receiving hospital care and medical 
services. 
‘‘(c) PAY.—In addition to pay under section 7431 of 
this title, the Secretary shall provide a relocation or reten-
tion bonus to traveling physicians under this section. Such 
relocation or retention bonus shall be substantially similar 
to a relocation or retention bonus offered under section 
7410(a) of this title, as the Secretary considers appro-
priate.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at 
the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after 
the item relating to section 7414 the following new item: 
‘‘7415. Traveling physicians.’’. 
(c) TECHNICAL
AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
Title 38, United States Code, is further amended as follows: 
(1) In section 7410(a)(1), by— 
(A) by striking ‘‘retention allowances’’ and 
inserting ‘‘retention bonuses’’; and 
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