119th Congress · introduced in the House · May 14, 2025
TRAVEL Act of 2025
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Latest action (Sep 16, 2025): Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
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Congressional Research Service summary, version: Introduced in House (May 14, 2025)
The Territorial Response and Access to Veterans' Essential Lifecare Act or the TRAVEL Act of 2025
This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to assign a physician who has been appointed in the Veterans Health Administration to serve as a traveling physician for a period of not more than one year. Such physician must provide health care to veterans at VA facilities located in American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and any other territory or possession of the United States.
Traveling physicians must coordinate with non-VA providers when necessary to ensure high quality and coordinated care for veterans receiving hospital care and medical services.
The VA must provide a relocation or retention bonus to traveling physicians.
Includes amendment, cloture, and procedural votes. Each is labeled with its exact question; only a passage question is a vote to pass the bill.
House · Sep 15, 2025 · Roll call 266 · Passed
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 371 - 21 (Roll no. 266). (text: CR H4284) Roll call details
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 371 - 21 (Roll no. 266). (text: CR H4284: 1) Roll call details
Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H4300)
At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3400.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4284)
Mr. Bost moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 219.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 119-263.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 119-263.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
American Samoa · Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management · Guam · Health personnel · Northern Mariana Islands · Puerto Rico · Travel and tourism · U.S. territories and protectorates · Veterans' medical care · Virgin Islands
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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Coverage: reports for 2025 onward, posted Jan 1, 2025 through Oct 23, 2026.
12 citations.
PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA · lobbying firm or registrant: PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 19, 2026 · issue area: Veterans
$105,716
Spent on own lobbying
…3, the SAFE STEPS for Veterans Act of 2025 H.R. 3309, the Autonomy for All Disabled Veterans Act H.R. 3386, the Streamlining the Solid Start Communications Act H.R. 3400, the Territorial Response and Access to Veterans Essential Lifecare Act of 2025 H.R. 3481, the Delivering Digitally to Our Veterans Act of 2025 H.R. 3579, the…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS · lobbying firm or registrant: DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 16, 2026 · issue area: Veterans
$164,754
Spent on own lobbying
…. 3014, H.R. 3027, H.R. 303, H.R. 3055, H.R. 3088, H.R. 3183, H.R. 3185, H.R. 3195, H.R. 3219, H.R. 3261, H.R. 3309, H.R. 3312, H.R. 333, H.R. 3386, H.R. 3387, H.R. 3400, H.R. 3441, H.R. 3481, H.R. 3482, H.R. 3489, H.R. 3509, H.R. 3558, H.R. 3560, H.R. 3578, H.R. 3610, H.R. 3611, H.R. 3627, H.R. 3639, H.R. 3643, H.R. 3694, H.R.…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS · lobbying firm or registrant: DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS
2025 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2025) · amended · posted Sep 25, 2026 · issue area: Veterans
$141,405
Spent on own lobbying
…. 3014, H.R. 3027, H.R. 303, H.R. 3055, H.R. 3088, H.R. 3183, H.R. 3185, H.R. 3195, H.R. 3219, H.R. 3261, H.R. 3309, H.R. 3312, H.R. 333, H.R. 3386, H.R. 3387, H.R. 3400, H.R. 3481, H.R. 3509, H.R. 3558, H.R. 3560, H.R. 3571, H.R. 3578, H.R. 3610, H.R. 3611, H.R. 3627, H.R. 3639, H.R. 3643, H.R. 3694, H.R. 3710, H.R. 3767, H.R.…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS · lobbying firm or registrant: DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 21, 2026 · issue area: Veterans
$149,180
Spent on own lobbying
…. 3014, H.R. 3027, H.R. 303, H.R. 3055, H.R. 3088, H.R. 3183, H.R. 3185, H.R. 3195, H.R. 3219, H.R. 3261, H.R. 3309, H.R. 3312, H.R. 333, H.R. 3386, H.R. 3387, H.R. 3400, H.R. 3441, H.R. 3481, H.R. 3482, H.R. 3489, H.R. 3509, H.R. 3558, H.R. 3560, H.R. 3578, H.R. 3610, H.R. 3611, H.R. 3627, H.R. 3639, H.R. 3643, H.R. 3694, H.R.…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA · lobbying firm or registrant: PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 17, 2026 · issue area: Veterans
$112,137
Spent on own lobbying
…3, the SAFE STEPS for Veterans Act of 2025 H.R. 3309, the Autonomy for All Disabled Veterans Act H.R. 3386, the Streamlining the Solid Start Communications Act H.R. 3400, the Territorial Response and Access to Veterans Essential Lifecare Act of 2025 H.R. 3481, the Delivering Digitally to Our Veterans Act of 2025 H.R. 3579, the…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA · lobbying firm or registrant: PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA
2026 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026) · posted Apr 13, 2026 · issue area: Veterans
$108,181
Spent on own lobbying
…3, the SAFE STEPS for Veterans Act of 2025 H.R. 3309, the Autonomy for All Disabled Veterans Act H.R. 3386, the Streamlining the Solid Start Communications Act H.R. 3400, the Territorial Response and Access to Veterans Essential Lifecare Act of 2025 H.R. 3481, the Delivering Digitally to Our Veterans Act of 2025 H.R. 3579, the…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS · lobbying firm or registrant: DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS
2026 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026) · posted Apr 6, 2026 · issue area: Veterans
$175,948
Spent on own lobbying
…. 3014, H.R. 3027, H.R. 303, H.R. 3055, H.R. 3088, H.R. 3183, H.R. 3185, H.R. 3195, H.R. 3219, H.R. 3261, H.R. 3309, H.R. 3312, H.R. 333, H.R. 3386, H.R. 3387, H.R. 3400, H.R. 3481, H.R. 3482, H.R. 3489, H.R. 3509, H.R. 3558, H.R. 3560, H.R. 3578, H.R. 3610, H.R. 3611, H.R. 3627, H.R. 3639, H.R. 3643, H.R. 3694, H.R. 3710, H.R.…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS · lobbying firm or registrant: DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS
2025 Q4 report (Oct 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025) · posted Jan 20, 2026 · issue area: Veterans
$161,271
Spent on own lobbying
…. 3014, H.R. 3027, H.R. 303, H.R. 3055, H.R. 3088, H.R. 3183, H.R. 3185, H.R. 3195, H.R. 3219, H.R. 3261, H.R. 3309, H.R. 3312, H.R. 333, H.R. 3386, H.R. 3387, H.R. 3400, H.R. 3481, H.R. 3509, H.R. 3558, H.R. 3560, H.R. 3571, H.R. 3578, H.R. 3610, H.R. 3611, H.R. 3627, H.R. 3639, H.R. 3643, H.R. 3694, H.R. 3710, H.R. 3753, H.R.…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA · lobbying firm or registrant: PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA
2025 Q4 report (Oct 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025) · posted Jan 19, 2026 · issue area: Veterans
$87,212
Spent on own lobbying
…Ernest Peltz Accrued Veterans Benefits Act H.R. 3309, the Autonomy for All Disabled Veterans Act H.R. 3386, the Streamlining the Solid Start Communications Act H.R. 3400, the Territorial Response and Access to Veterans Essential Lifecare Act of 2025 H.R. 3481, the Delivering Digitally to Our Veterans Act of 2025 H.R. 3579, the…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA · lobbying firm or registrant: PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA
2025 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2025) · posted Oct 17, 2025 · issue area: Veterans
$87,212
Spent on own lobbying
…Ernest Peltz Accrued Veterans Benefits Act H.R. 3309, the Autonomy for All Disabled Veterans Act H.R. 3386, the Streamlining the Solid Start Communications Act H.R. 3400, the Territorial Response and Access to Veterans Essential Lifecare Act of 2025 H.R. 3481, the Delivering Digitally to Our Veterans Act of 2025 H.R. 3579, the…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA · lobbying firm or registrant: PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA
2025 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2025) · posted Jul 18, 2025 · issue area: Veterans
$89,207
Spent on own lobbying
…Ernest Peltz Accrued Veterans Benefits Act H.R. 3309, the Autonomy for All Disabled Veterans Act H.R. 3386, the Streamlining the Solid Start Communications Act H.R. 3400, the Territorial Response and Access to Veterans Essential Lifecare Act of 2025 H.R. 3481, the Delivering Digitally to Our Veterans Act of 2025 H.R. 3579, the…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS · lobbying firm or registrant: DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS
2025 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2025) · posted Jul 14, 2025 · issue area: Veterans
$141,405
Spent on own lobbying
…. 3014, H.R. 3027, H.R. 303, H.R. 3055, H.R. 3088, H.R. 3183, H.R. 3185, H.R. 3195, H.R. 3219, H.R. 3261, H.R. 3309, H.R. 3312, H.R. 333, H.R. 3386, H.R. 3387, H.R. 3400, H.R. 3481, H.R. 3509, H.R. 3558, H.R. 3560, H.R. 3571, H.R. 3578, H.R. 3610, H.R. 3611, H.R. 3627, H.R. 3643, H.R. 3694, H.R. 3710, H.R. 3767, H.R. 3812, H.R.…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing