1HOUSE · SEP 15, 2025
Passed the House
371–21PASSED
R 176–21 D 195–0
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · roll 266 · 40 not voting
House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Passed House
TRAVEL Act of 2025
Official title: To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to assign physicians of the Department of Veterans Affairs to temporarily serve as traveling physicians in the territories and possessions of the United States, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Kimberlyn King-Hinds R-MPWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 14, 2025
- Committee actionJul 3, 2025
- Passed HouseSep 15, 2025 · 371–21
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 16, 2025 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3400.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3400, the Territorial Response and Access to Veterans’ Essential Lifecare Act” on September 8, 2025. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on July 23, 2025”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 8, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61703
- CBO publication date
- September 8, 2025
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3400, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3400
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 18, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-263 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on September 10, 2025.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 10, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/263
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3400, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3400
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 18, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9a9ed8354e85a5c76f2aaa52003db7007787355655778da02be90b23c739f9ce
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. KING-HINDS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 81, May 14, 2025, Page H2053):Article 1, Section 8 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 54 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3400, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3400
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 18, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Vote results
1 recorded roll-call vote on H.R. 3400. The vote that moved the bill is first.
Yea–nay by party (R = Republicans, D = Democrats, I = independents). Counts for present and not-voting members are shown where there were any. Showing all 1 of 1 recorded votes. Sorted by date; within a chamber by roll-call number.
Cosponsors
12 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 9 Democrats
9 of 12 cosponsors (75%) are from the other party.
Ed Case (D-HI), Danny Davis (D-IL), Pablo Hernández (D-PR), Jennifer Kiggans (R-VA), Susie Lee (D-NV), Sarah McBride (D-DE), James Moylan (R-GU), Aumua Amata Radewagen (R-AS), Marilyn Strickland (D-WA), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Jill Tokuda (D-HI), Eugene Vindman (D-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Kimberlyn King-Hinds.
- H.R. 3496 (119th) Northern Mariana Islands Small Business Access Act
- H.R. 6448 (119th) TASA Act of 2025
- H.R. 6652 (119th) U.S. Vets of the FAS Act
- H.R. 3720 (119th) HOME Act of 2025
- H.R. 5960 (119th) Territorial De Minimis Exemption Act
- H.R. 3154 (119th) Medicaid Improvement for Insular Areas Act of 2025
Related bills
- H.R. 9237 (119th) Take Care of America’s Veterans ActRelated bill
- S. 4304 (119th) TRAVEL Act of 2026Related bill
- S. 4744 (119th) Take Care of America’s Veterans ActRelated bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.