House vote
Official title: HR 3400: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended
A fast-track vote to pass it: 40 minutes of debate, no floor amendments. Needs two-thirds.
SourceBill passed: 366 yes, 21 no, 38 not voting
, HR 3400
Verified, Official roll call data
Official source: clerk.house.gov(opens in a new tab)TRAVEL Act of 2025
Topic: Armed Forces and National Security
What the 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.
Source: Congressional Research Service summary