I 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6035 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs to provide enhanced travel benefits for veterans traveling to 
facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 6, 2006 
Mr. LARSEN of Washington introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs to provide enhanced travel 
benefits for veterans traveling to facilities of the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs, 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 ‘‘Rural Veterans Trans-
portation Act of 2006’’. 
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SEC. 2. TRANSPORTATION GRANTS FOR RURAL VETERANS 
SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT
OF GRANT PROGRAM.—Sub-
chapter III of chapter 17 of title 38, United States Code, 
is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘§ 1730A. Transportation grant program 
‘‘(a) GRANT PROGRAM.—(1) The Secretary shall es-
tablish a grant program to make grants to State veterans’ 
service officers and veterans service organizations for the 
purpose of providing innovative transportation options to 
veterans in remote rural areas. 
‘‘(2) To be eligible to receive a grant under this sec-
tion a State veterans’ service officer or veterans service 
organization shall submit an application to the Secretary 
at such time, in such manner, and containing such infor-
mation and assurances as the Secretary may require. 
‘‘(3) The recipient of a grant under this section shall 
use the grant to— 
‘‘(A) provide assistance to veterans for traveling 
to Department medical centers; and 
‘‘(B) otherwise assist in providing medical care 
to veterans in remote rural areas. 
‘‘(4) A grant under this section shall not exceed 
$50,000. 
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‘‘(5) A recipient of a grant under this section shall 
not be required to provide matching funds as a condition 
of receiving such a grant. 
‘‘(b) RULEMAKING.—The Secretary shall prescribe 
regulations for— 
‘‘(1) evaluating grant applications under this 
section; and 
‘‘(2) otherwise administering the program es-
tablished by this section. 
‘‘(c) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘veterans 
service organization’ means any organization named in or 
approved under section 5902 of this title. 
‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2007 through 2011.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting 
after the item relating to section 1730 the following new 
item: 
‘‘1730A. Transportation grant program.’’. 
SEC. 3. TRAVEL REIMBURSEMENT FOR VETERANS RECEIV-
ING TREATMENT AT FACILITIES OF THE DE-
PARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. 
(a) REIMBURSEMENT.—Section 111 of title 38, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
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