Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “VA Beneficiary Travel Act of 2017”.
VA Beneficiary Travel Act of 2017
A BILL
To amend section 504 of the Veterans' Benefits Improvements Act of 1996 to specify the funding source for travel related to examinations by physicians not employed by the Department of Veterans Affairs regarding medical disabilities of applicants for benefits under title 38, United States Code, to codify section 504 of the Veterans' Benefits Improvements Act of 1996, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Specification of funding source; Codification of section 504 of the Veterans’ Benefits Improvements Act of 1996
Funding clarification— Section 504 of the Veterans’ Benefits Improvements Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–275; 38 U.S.C. 5101 note) is amended, in subsection (d), by inserting “and payments for related travel and incidental expenses under section 111 of title 38, United States Code,” after “under this section”.
Codification of section 504 of the Veterans’ Benefits Improvements Act of 1996—
Codification— Section 504 of the Veterans’ Benefits Improvements Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–275; 38 U.S.C. 5101 note), as amended by subsection (a), is—
transferred to chapter 51 of title 38, United States Code;
inserted after section 5109B of such title; and
redesignated as section 5109C of such title.
Clerical amendments—
Obsolete reporting provision— Section 5109C of title 38, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), is amended by striking subsection (e).
Table of sections— The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 51 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 5109B the following new item:
Section heading typeface and typestyle— Section 5109C of title 38, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), is amended—
in the enumerator, by striking “SEC.” and inserting “§”; and
in the section heading—
by striking the period at the end; and
by conforming the typeface and typestyle, including capitalization, to the typeface and typestyle as used in the section heading of section 1163 of such title.