S.Amdt. 2440

SA 2440. Mr. RUBIO (for himself and Ms. Sinema) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4638, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2025 for military activities
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle H of title X, add the following:

SEC. 1095. REQUIREMENT FOR SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS TO
MAKE AVAILABLE TO VETERANS PHYSICAL COPIES OF
FORM FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF CERTAIN TRAVEL
EXPENSES.

(a) In General.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall
prescribe regulations to ensure that--
(1) a veteran may, for the purposes of submitting a claim
for the reimbursement of expenses for travel under section
111 of title 38, United States Code--
(A) obtain a physical copy of the covered form--
(i) by mail, upon the request of such veteran; or
(ii) at any medical facility of the Department of Veterans
Affairs; and
(B) submit the covered form to any such medical facility in
person or by mail; and
(2) any such medical facility to which a veteran submits
the covered form--
(A) evaluates such covered form; and
(B) processes any claim associated with such covered form,
if applicable.
(b) Covered Form Defined.--In this section, the term
``covered form'' means Department of Veterans Affairs Form
10-3452 (or any successor document).
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