
TRAVEL Act of 2025
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.
What Do You Think?
How would you vote?
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What Happened in Congress?
September 15, 2025
- HousePassed 371 to 21
Where the Bill Stands
- Introduced, done
- Committee, done
- Floor Vote, done
- Outcome, current stage
How Congress Voted
How Congress Voted
How Congress VotedOfficial Record392members of the House voted
371 Yea, 21 Nay, 0 Present
40 Not Voting
- Yea
- Nay
- Present
- Not Voting
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | 176 | 21 | 0 | 22 |
| Democrat | 195 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| Total | 371 | 21 | 0 | 40 |
Republican
- Yea
- 176
- Nay
- 21
- Present
- 0
- Not Voting
- 22
Democrat
- Yea
- 195
- Nay
- 0
- Present
- 0
- Not Voting
- 18
House roll call vote, September 15, 2025
How Each Member Voted
House: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended
Yea 371
Nay 21
What This Bill Does
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.
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Timeline
- SenateReceived in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- House floor actionsMr. Bost moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Library of CongressPassed/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)
- Floor Vote
- Passed the House
- House floor actionsReported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 119-263.
- House committee actionsCommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- House committee actionsSubcommittee on Health Discharged
- House committee actionsSubcommittee Hearings Held
- House committee actionsReferred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Library of CongressIntroduced in House
- House floor actionsReferred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- Introduced
- Committee








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