I 
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 physi-
cians 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 Improve-
ments 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 Improve-
ments 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 Vet-
erans’ Benefits Improvements Act of 1996, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘VA Beneficiary Travel 
Act of 2017’’. 
SEC. 2. SPECIFICATION OF FUNDING SOURCE; CODIFICA-
TION OF SECTION 504 OF THE VETERANS’ 
BENEFITS IMPROVEMENTS ACT OF 1996. 
(a) FUNDING CLARIFICATION.—Section 504 of the 
Veterans’ Benefits Improvements Act of 1996 (Public 
Law 104–275; 38 U.S.C. 5101 note) is amended, in sub-
section (d), by inserting ‘‘and payments for related travel 
and incidental expenses under section 111 of title 38, 
United States Code,’’ after ‘‘under this section’’. 
(b) CODIFICATION OF SECTION 504 OF THE VET-
ERANS’ BENEFITS IMPROVEMENTS ACT OF 1996.— 
(1) CODIFICATION.—Section 504 of the Vet-
erans’ Benefits Improvements Act of 1996 (Public 
Law 104–275; 38 U.S.C. 5101 note), as amended by 
subsection (a), is— 
(A) transferred to chapter 51 of title 38, 
United States Code; 
(B) inserted after section 5109B of such 
title; and 
(C) redesignated as section 5109C of such 
title. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.— 
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(A) OBSOLETE REPORTING PROVISION.— 
Section 5109C of title 38, United States Code, 
as added by subsection (a), is amended by 
striking subsection (e). 
(B) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table of 
sections at the beginning of chapter 51 of title 
38, United States Code, is amended by insert-
ing after the item relating to section 5109B the 
following new item: 
‘‘5109C. Pilot program for use of contract physicians for disability examina-
tions.’’. 
(C) SECTION
HEADING
TYPEFACE
AND 
TYPESTYLE.—Section 5109C of title 38, United 
States Code, as added by subsection (a), is 
amended— 
(i) in the enumerator, by striking 
‘‘SEC.’’ and inserting ‘‘§’’; and 
(ii) in the section heading— 
(I) by striking the period at the 
end; and 
(II) by conforming the typeface 
and typestyle, including capitalization, 
to the typeface and typestyle as used 
in the section heading of section 1163 
of such title. 
Æ 
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