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S. 1464 (100th)

Veterans' Administration Beneficiary Travel, Quality Assurance, and Readjustment Counseling Amendments of 1987

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Introduced

1 July 1987

Last action

19 October 1987 · Committee

Status

Committee on Veterans received executive comment from VA.

Sponsors

Sen. Cranston, Alan [D-CA], Sen. Murkowski, Frank H. [R-AK], Sen. Matsunaga, Spark M. [D-HI], Sen. DeConcini, Dennis [D-AZ], Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV], Sen. Graham, Bob [D-FL], Sen. Stafford, Robert T. [R-VT], Sen. Moynihan, Daniel Patrick [D-NY], Sen. Chiles, Lawton [D-FL], Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM], Sen. Heflin, Howell [D-AL], Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT], Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD], Sen. Sanford, Terry [D-NC], Sen. Cohen, William S. [R-ME], Sen. Evans, Daniel J. [R-WA], Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA], Sen. Roth Jr., William V. [R-DE], Sen. Hecht, Chic [R-NV], Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS], Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT], Sen. Thurmond, Strom [R-SC], Sen. Shelby, Richard C. [R-AL], Sen. Burdick, Quentin N. [D-ND], Sen. Bradley, Bill [D-NJ], Sen. Pryor, David H. [D-AR], Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT], Sen. Adams, Brock [D-WA], Sen. Gore, Albert, Jr. [D-TN], Sen. Trible, Paul S., Jr. [R-VA], Sen. Melcher, John [D-MT], Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI], Sen. Simon, Paul [D-IL], Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA], Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ], Sen. Wirth, Timothy [D-CO], Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI], Sen. Metzenbaum, Howard M. [D-OH], Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA], Sen. Pressler, Larry [R-SD], Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [D-DE]

Subjects

Defence

Source updated

14 January 2025

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Summary

Veterans' Beneficiary Travel Reimbursement Restoration Act of 1987 - Amends Federal veterans' benefits provisions relating to the payment of travel expenses for veterans traveling to a Veterans Administration (VA) health care center for treatment to direct the Administrator of Veterans Affairs, in exercising the authority to make such payments, to make such payments to the following persons: (1) a person receiving veterans' benefits for or in connection with a service-connected disability; (2) a veteran receiving veterans' pension benefits; (3) a veteran whose annual income does not exceed the annual veterans' pension rate or who is unable to defray the expenses of such travel; (4) a person whose travel to a VA facility was incident to a scheduled compensation and pension examination; and (5) a veteran whose travel to a VA facility was required to be performed by a special mode of travel which was either authorized beforehand by the Administrator, or was in connection with a medical emergency. Authorizes the Administrator to deduct from the amount otherwise payable an amount equal to $3.75 for each trip to or from a VA facility. Provides a maximum amount authorized to be so deducted from the reimbursed expenses of veterans making six or more one-way trips during the following calendar month or months. Authorizes the Administrator to increase proportionately the amount permitted to be deducted whenever the amount of the reimbursement itself is increased. Directs the Administrator, with respect to any fiscal year in which he or she exercises the authority to make such payments, to make an allocation to each VA facility, before October 1 of each year, to enable the head of such facility to make such payments to veterans using such facility and authorized to receive such payments. Directs the head of each such facility to use such funds solely for such payments. Directs the Chief Medical Director of the VA's Department of Medicine and Surgery, when it is determined that insufficient payments have been made at any such facility, to authorize payments to be made for the proper amounts, unless the Chief Medical Director determines that making such payments at such lesser level would be in the best interests of furnishing care and services to eligible veterans at such facility. Permits any funds authorized for the making of such payments, but unexpended, to be used by the head of any such facility for support of other authorized direct-health care purposes. Directs the Administrator to take all appropriate steps to facilitate the establishment and maintenance of a program under which organizations or individuals who are volunteering their services to the VA would take responsibility for the transportation of such veterans, without reimbursement from the VA, primarily those residing in those areas which are geographically accessible to such facilities, who seek services or benefits from such VA facilities. Directs the Administrator, no later than six months after the enactment of this Act, to report to the Senate and House Veterans' Affairs Committee on the implementation of this Act.

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Timeline

  1. 1 July 1987

    Introduced

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 1 July 1987

    Introduced

    Introduced in Senate

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 10 July 1987

    Committee

    Committee on Veterans requested executive comment from VA, OMB, Transportation Department.

    Source: Committee

  4. 31 July 1987

    Reported

    Committee on Veterans. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.

    Source: Committee

  5. 29 September 1987

    Calendars

    Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 353.

    Source: Calendars

  6. 29 September 1987

    Reported

    Committee on Veterans. Reported to Senate by Senator Cranston with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. With written report No. 100-187. Minority views filed.

    Source: Committee

  7. 29 September 1987

    Reported

    Committee on Veterans. Reported to Senate by Senator Cranston with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. With written report No. 100-187. Minority views filed.

    Source: Committee

  8. 16 October 1987

    Floor

    Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.

    Source: Floor

  9. 19 October 1987

    Committee

    Committee on Veterans received executive comment from VA.

    Source: Committee

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  • Indefinitely postponed in Senate

    summary · EN · 16 October 1987

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  • Reported to Senate with amendment(s)

    summary · EN · 29 September 1987

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  • Introduced in Senate

    summary · EN · 1 July 1987

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