H.R. 3400 · 119th Congress

TRAVEL Act of 2025

Introduced on May 14, 2025 by Kimberlyn King-Hinds (R-MP). 12 cosponsors, 9 of them from another party. Latest action (Sep 16, 2025): Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Stage
Passed one chamber
Introduced
May 14, 2025
Cosponsors
12
9 from the other party
Policy area
Armed Forces and National Security
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. Reported by committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to assign physicians of the Department of Veterans Affairs to temporarily serve as traveling physicians in the territories and possessions of the United States, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • 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

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in House, May 14, 2025). Public domain.

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.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Kimberlyn King-HindsR-MPSponsor

Democrats · 9

Republicans · 3

Roll calls

Recorded votes on the measure. Most measures move by voice vote or unanimous consent, which record no individual positions.

  1. On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended
    Sep 15, 2025· House· Passage· Passed 371–21

History

Every action as published, oldest first. Roll calls link to how each member voted.

  1. May 14, 2025Introduced in House
  2. May 14, 2025Introduced in House
  3. May 14, 2025 · HouseReferred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
  4. Jun 6, 2025 · HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  5. Jun 12, 2025 · HouseSubcommittee Hearings Held
  6. Jul 3, 2025 · HouseSubcommittee on Health Discharged
  7. Jul 23, 2025 · HouseCommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  8. Jul 23, 2025 · HouseOrdered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
  9. Sep 10, 2025Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 119-263.
  10. Sep 10, 2025 · HouseReported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 119-263.
  11. Sep 10, 2025 · HousePlaced on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 219.
  12. Sep 15, 2025 · HouseMr. Bost moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
  13. Sep 15, 2025 · HouseConsidered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4284)
  14. Sep 15, 2025 · HouseDEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3400.
  15. Sep 15, 2025 · HouseAt 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.
  16. Sep 15, 2025 · HouseConsidered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H4300)
  17. Sep 15, 2025Passed/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)House · Roll call 266
  18. Sep 15, 2025 · HouseOn 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)House · Roll call 266
  19. Sep 15, 2025 · HouseMotion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  20. Sep 16, 2025 · SenateReceived in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS5 reports
    $769.2K reported (all issues)
  2. PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA5 reports
    $483.9K reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2025, 2026.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 6, 2026 · loaded Oct 6, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 6, 2026 · loaded Oct 6, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.