Rural Veterans Transportation Act of 2006

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Rural Veterans Transportation Act of 2006 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a program to make grants to state veterans' service officers and veterans service organizations for providing innovative transportation options to veterans in remote rural areas.

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Sep 6, 2006

Requires the subsistence allowance paid by the Secretary to veterans required to travel significant distances to receive treatment at facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to be at the rate provided to federal employees for authorized travel.

Repeals the requirement that the Secretary investigate periodically the actual cost of such travel (including lodging and subsistence).

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Rural Veterans Transportation Act of 2006

Latest action (Sep 19, 2006): Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security · Origin: House · Introduced: Sep 6, 2006

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.