[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8398 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8398

  To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the mileage rate 
offered by the Department of Veterans Affairs through their Beneficiary 
   Travel program for health related travel, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 15, 2022

Ms. Brownley (for herself and Mr. Welch) introduced the following bill; 
        which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the mileage rate 
offered by the Department of Veterans Affairs through their Beneficiary 
   Travel program for health related travel, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Driver Reimbursement Increase for 
Veteran Equity Act'' or the ``DRIVE Act''.

SEC. 2. VA PAYMENTS OR ALLOWANCES FOR BENEFICIARY TRAVEL.

    Section 111(g) of title 38, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``(1) Beginning one year after the date of 
        the enactment of the Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health 
        Services Act of 2010, the Secretary may'' and inserting ``The 
        Secretary shall'';
            (2) by striking ``to be'' and inserting ``to be at least''; 
        and
            (3) by striking paragraph (2).
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