,,ii  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #fcc  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,march #ba1 #bjac   
,mr4 ,tester 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,leahy1 
,mr4 ,baucus1 ,mr4 ,begich1 and ,mr4    
,blumenthal7 introduced the following   
bill2 which was read twice and 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 in connection with certain   
special disabilities rehabilitation1 and
 for other purposes4  #a4 ,coverage     
under ,department of ,veterans ,affairs 
beneficiary travel program of travel in 
connection with 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   
programs provided by spinal cord injury 
centers1 blind rehabilitation centers1  
and prosthetics rehabilitation centers7 
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 ,committee 
on ,veterans' ,affairs of the ,senate   
and the ,committee on ,veterans'        
,affairs of the ,house of               
,representatives a report on the        
beneficiary travel program under section
 #aaa of title #ch1 ,united ,states     

,code1 as amended by subsection 7a71    
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  7c7 ,effective date ,the  
amendment made by this ,act shall take  
effect on the first day of the first    
fiscal year that begins after the date  
of the enactment of this ,act4