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To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish certain health services to veterans in the Freely Associated States, and for other purposes.
Summary
The bill would require the Department of Veterans Affairs to work with governments of the Freely Associated States to establish agreements providing health services to veterans in those territories. The VA must provide at minimum telehealth services and mail order pharmacy services to these veterans. The Secretary must initiate outreach to the Freely Associated States within 30 days and enter into agreements and begin providing services within one year of enactment. The bill amends existing law to require the VA to make beneficiary travel payments if it chooses to provide such payments in any fiscal year. The Secretary must submit quarterly reports to Congress on implementation progress and costs.
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Actions (8)
- May 14, 2026 Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote. · house
- May 14, 2026 Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held · house
- Apr 16, 2026 Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote. · house
- Apr 16, 2026 Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held · house
- Jan 13, 2026 Subcommittee Hearings Held · house
- Jan 13, 2026 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. · house
- Dec 11, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. · house
- Dec 11, 2025 Introduced in House
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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
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. <all>
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