I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6652 
To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish certain health services 
to veterans in the Freely Associated States, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 11, 2025 
Mrs. KING-HINDS (for herself, Mrs. RADEWAGEN, Mr. MOYLAN, Mr. CASE, 
and Ms. TOKUDA) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish cer-
tain health services to veterans in the Freely Associated 
States, and for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘U.S. Vets of the FAS 
Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT TO FURNISH CERTAIN HEALTH 
SERVICES TO VETERANS IN THE FREELY AS-
SOCIATED STATES. 
(a) AGREEMENTS REQUIRED.—Consistent with sec-
tion 1724(f) of title 38, United States Code, and section 
209(a)(4)(A) of the Compact of Free Association Amend-
ments Act of 2024 (48 U.S.C. 1988(a)(4)(A)), the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs shall work expeditiously with 
the governments of the Freely Associated States to enter 
into the agreements described in such sections. 
(b) INCLUSION OF TELEHEALTH AND MAIL ORDER 
PHARMACY SERVICES REQUIRED.—Consistent with such 
sections and with the agreements required by subsection 
(a), the Secretary shall furnish to veterans in the Freely 
Associated States services that include, at a minimum— 
(1) health services provided by telehealth; and 
(2) pharmaceutical products delivered by mail. 
(c) IMPLEMENTATION DATES.—In carrying out sub-
sections (a) and (b), the Secretary shall, to the maximum 
extent practicable— 
(1) initiate outreach to each such government 
not later than 30 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act; 
(2) enter into each agreement required by sub-
section (a) not later than one year after the date of 
the enactment of this Act; and 
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(3) begin furnishing the services required by 
paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (b) not later 
than one year after the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
(d) PAYMENTS
FOR
BENEFICIARY
TRAVEL
RE-
QUIRED.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 111(h)(1) of title 
38, United States Code, is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, the Secretary may make 
payments’’ and inserting ‘‘Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law: 
‘‘(A) The Secretary may make payments’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph: 
‘‘(B) If, with respect to any fiscal year, the Sec-
retary exercises the authority under this section to 
make any payments, the Secretary shall make the 
payments provided for in subparagraph (A).’’. 
(2) APPLICABILITY.—Subparagraph (B) of 
such section 111(h)(1) shall apply to travel occur-
ring on or after the date that is one year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
(e) REPORTS.—Not less frequently than quarterly, 
the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate committees 
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of Congress a report on the implementation of this section 
and the cost of such implementation. Until the Secretary 
has entered into the agreements required by subsection (a) 
and begun furnishing the services required by paragraphs 
(1) and (2) of subsection (b), the report shall also describe 
the technical and logistical factors that have prevented or 
impeded the Secretary from doing so. 
(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) 
APPROPRIATE
COMMITTEES
OF
CON-
GRESS.—The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Con-
gress’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
Senate; and 
(B) the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives. 
(2) FREELY ASSOCIATED STATES.—The term 
‘‘Freely Associated States’’ has the meaning given 
such term in section 1724(f) of title 38, United 
States Code. 
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