Caring for Veterans and Strengthening National Security Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3436 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 3436

  To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the provision of 
 certain services to veterans in the Freely Associated States, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           December 11, 2025

    Mr. Moran (for himself, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Wicker, Ms. Hirono, Mr. 
 Boozman, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Risch, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Heinrich, and 
 Mrs. Shaheen) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
             referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the provision of 
 certain 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 ``Caring for Veterans and 
Strengthening National Security Act''.

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

    (a) Telehealth and Mail Order Pharmacy Benefits.--Section 
1724(f)(1) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following:
    ``(C) Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of 
the Caring for Veterans and Strengthening National Security Act, the 
Secretary shall furnish to veterans described in subparagraph (A), 
subject to agreements described in such subparagraph, telehealth 
benefits and mail order pharmacy benefits.''.
    (b) Beneficiary Travel.--Section 111(h)(1) of such title is amended 
by striking ``the Secretary may make payments'' and inserting 
``beginning not later than one year after the date of the enactment of 
the Caring for Veterans and Strengthening National Security Act, the 
Secretary shall make payments''.
    (c) Quarterly Report.--
            (1) In general.--Not less frequently than quarterly, the 
        Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the appropriate 
        committees of Congress a report on the status of implementation 
        of the amendments made by this section and the cost of such 
        implementation.
            (2) Appropriate committees of congress defined.--In this 
        subsection, 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.

SEC. 3. EXTENSION OF CERTAIN LIMITS ON PAYMENTS OF PENSION.

    Section 5503(d)(7) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ``January 31, 2033'' and inserting ``March 31, 2033''.
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