Veterans Transportation Service Act

Veterans Transportation Service Act - Makes permanent (under current law, expires on January 10, 2014) the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to transport individuals to and from facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in connection with vocational rehabilitation, counseling, examination, treatment, or care.

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1702 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1702

To amend title 38, United States Code, to make permanent the authority 
 of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to transport individuals to and 
  from facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs in connection 
   with rehabilitation, counseling, examination, treatment, and care.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 24, 2013

 Mr. Barber (for himself and Mr. Thornberry) 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 make permanent the authority 
 of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to transport individuals to and 
  from facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs in connection 
   with rehabilitation, counseling, examination, treatment, and care.

    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 ``Veterans Transportation Service 
Act''.

SEC. 2. TRANSPORTATION OF INDIVIDUALS TO AND FROM FACILITIES OF 
              DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.

    Section 111A(a) of title 38, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``(1) The Secretary'' and inserting ``The 
        Secretary''; and
            (2) by striking paragraph (2).
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