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Kimberlyn King-Hinds (R-MP)

TRAVEL Act of 2025

H.R. 3400 · House bill Armed Forces and National Security

A Republican bill with 9 Democratic cosponsors · See all 12 cosponsors

Last activity — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

In the other chamber's committee

Passed one chamber and has been handed to a committee in the other.

The committee decides whether it goes any further, and most bills that reach a committee never leave it. A committee that simply does nothing kills a bill without anyone ever voting against it, so no news from here is usually the news.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. Passed House 371–21
  3. In Senate committee

What this bill would do

This Act, known as the "TRAVEL Act of 2025," allows the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to assign certain physicians to serve as traveling physicians for up to one year at a time. These physicians can provide health care to veterans in American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, or other U.S. territories and possessions. The bill provides for these physicians to work at Department or other approved facilities. Traveling physicians are required to coordinate care with non-Department medical providers when necessary. Additionally, the Secretary can provide relocation or retention bonuses to these physicians. Finally, the bill extends certain limits on payments of pension until December 31, 2032.

Yes· 3 of 4

  • Scored +8

    Would veterans be better off under this, taking everything together?

    The bill significantly benefits veterans by extending pension payment limits and improving healthcare access in territories.

  • Scored +7

    Does this help veterans get medical care?

    The bill enhances healthcare access for veterans in U.S. territories by authorizing traveling physicians and relocation bonuses.

  • Scored +7

    Does this increase the pay, pensions or support veterans receive?

    The bill improves benefits by extending limits on pension payments and increasing healthcare access for veterans in territories.

The opposite

No question was scored the opposite.

What Congress actually voted on

One recorded vote has been taken on this bill.

  • The House: a fast-track vote, needing two-thirds to pass The House sets aside its normal procedure to move quickly: no amendments, little debate, and a two-thirds bar instead of a simple majority. It is used for measures expected to be uncontroversial, so a bill that fails here failed despite broad expectations that it would not. Passed 371 yes · 21 no

    See who voted how →

    09/15/2025 · Roll call 266 · recorded as “On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended”