To require the provision of certain services to veterans in the Freely Associated States.

SA 3813. Mr. MORAN (for himself, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Boozman, Ms. Hirono,
Mr. Risch, and Ms. Murkowski) submitted an amendment intended to be
proposed to amendment SA 3748 proposed by Mr. Wicker (for himself and

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Mr. Reed) to the bill S. 2296, to authorize appropriations for fiscal
year 2026 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 F of title X, add the following:

SEC. 1067. REQUIREMENT TO PROVIDE CERTAIN SERVICES TO
VETERANS IN THE FREELY ASSOCIATED STATES.

(a) Telehealth and Mail Order Pharmacy Benefits.--Section
1724(f)(1) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by
adding at the end the following:
``(C) Not later than one year after the date of the
enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2026, the Secretary shall furnish to veterans
described in subparagraph (A), subject to agreements
described in such subparagraph, telehealth benefits and mail
order pharmacy benefits.''.
(b) Beneficiary Travel.--Section 111(h)(1) of such title is
amended by striking ``the Secretary may make payments'' and
inserting ``beginning not later than one year after the date
of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act
for Fiscal Year 2026, the Secretary shall make payments''.
(c) Quarterly Report.--
(1) In general.--Not less frequently than quarterly, the
Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the appropriate
committees of Congress a report on the status of
implementation of the amendments made by this section and the
cost of such implementation.
(2) Appropriate committees of congress defined.--In this
subsection, the term ``appropriate committees of Congress''
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.
(d) Extension of Certain Limits on Payments of Pension.--
Section 5503(d)(7) of title 38, United States Code, is
amended by striking ``November 30, 2031'' and inserting
``April 30, 2032''.
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