,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #abhd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #bj1 #bjac    
,ms4 ,brownley of ,california 7for      
herself and ,mr4 ,michaud7 introduced   
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs
  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend title #ch1       
,united ,states ,code1 to provide for   
coverage under the beneficiary travel   
program of the ,department of ,veterans 
,affairs of certain disabled veterans   
for travel for certain special          
disabilities rehabilitation1 and for    
other purposes4  #a4 ,coverage under    
,department of ,veterans ,affairs       
beneficiary travel program of certain   
disabled veterans for travel for certain
 special disabilities rehabilitation    
7a7 ,in general ,section #aaa7;b77#a7 of
 title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 is   
amended by adding at the end the        
following new subparagraph3  7,g7 ,a    
veteran with vision impairment1 a       
veteran with a spinal cord injury or    

disorder1 or a veteran with double or   
multiple amputations whose travel is in 
connection with care provided through a 
special disabilities rehabilitation     
program of the ,department 7including   
spinal cord injury center programs1     
blind rehabilitation center programs1   
and prosthetics rehabilitation center   
programs7 if such care is provided--    
7i7 on an in-patient basis2 or  7ii7    
during a period in which the ,secretary 
provides the veteran with temporary     
lodging at a facility of the ,department
 to make such care more accessible to   
the veteran4  4  7b7 ,report ,not later 
than #ahj days after the date of the    
enactment of this ,act1 the ,secretary  
of ,veterans ,affairs shall submit to   
the ,committees on ,veterans' ,affairs  
of the ,house of ,representatives and   
the ,senate a report on the beneficiary 
travel program under section #aaa of    
title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1       
including--  7#a7 the cost of the       
program2  7#b7 the number of veterans   

served by the program2 and  7#c7 any    
other matters the ,secretary considers  
appropriate4