U.S. Vets of the FAS Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6652 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6652

To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish certain health 
  services to veterans in the Freely Associated States, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 11, 2025

Mrs. King-Hinds (for herself, Mrs. Radewagen, Mr. Moylan, Mr. Case, and 
 Ms. Tokuda) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish certain health 
  services to veterans in the Freely Associated States, and for other 
                               purposes.

    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 ``U.S. Vets of the FAS Act''.

SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT TO FURNISH CERTAIN HEALTH SERVICES TO VETERANS IN 
              THE FREELY ASSOCIATED STATES.

    (a) Agreements Required.--Consistent with section 1724(f) of title 
38, United States Code, and section 209(a)(4)(A) of the Compact of Free 
Association Amendments Act of 2024 (48 U.S.C. 1988(a)(4)(A)), the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall work expeditiously with the 
governments of the Freely Associated States to enter into the 
agreements described in such sections.
    (b) Inclusion of Telehealth and Mail Order Pharmacy Services 
Required.--Consistent with such sections and with the agreements 
required by subsection (a), the Secretary shall furnish to veterans in 
the Freely Associated States services that include, at a minimum--
            (1) health services provided by telehealth; and
            (2) pharmaceutical products delivered by mail.
    (c) Implementation Dates.--In carrying out subsections (a) and (b), 
the Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable--
            (1) initiate outreach to each such government not later 
        than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act;
            (2) enter into each agreement required by subsection (a) 
        not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this 
        Act; and
            (3) begin furnishing the services required by paragraphs 
        (1) and (2) of subsection (b) not later than one year after the 
        date of the enactment of this Act.
    (d) Payments for Beneficiary Travel Required.--
            (1) In general.--Section 111(h)(1) of title 38, United 
        States Code, is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``Notwithstanding any other 
                provision of law, the Secretary may make payments'' and 
                inserting ``Notwithstanding any other provision of law:
    ``(A) The Secretary may make payments''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following new 
                subparagraph:
            ``(B) If, with respect to any fiscal year, the Secretary 
        exercises the authority under this section to make any 
        payments, the Secretary shall make the payments provided for in 
        subparagraph (A).''.
            (2) Applicability.--Subparagraph (B) of such section 
        111(h)(1) shall apply to travel occurring on or after the date 
        that is one year after the date of the enactment of this Act.
    (e) Reports.--Not less frequently than quarterly, the Secretary 
shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the 
implementation of this section and the cost of such implementation. 
Until the Secretary has entered into the agreements required by 
subsection (a) and begun furnishing the services required by paragraphs 
(1) and (2) of subsection (b), the report shall also describe the 
technical and logistical factors that have prevented or impeded the 
Secretary from doing so.
    (f) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Appropriate committees of congress.--The term 
        ``appropriate committees of Congress'' means--
                    (A) the Committee on Veterans' Affairs and the 
                Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and
                    (B) the Committee on Veterans' Affairs and the 
                Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
                Representatives.
            (2) Freely associated states.--The term ``Freely Associated 
        States'' has the meaning given such term in section 1724(f) of 
        title 38, United States Code.
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