,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hgeh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,november #ag1       
#bjbj,ms4 ,adams introduced the         
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs   
,a ,,bill  ,to direct the ,comptroller  
,general of the ,united ,states to      
submit a report on changes in the use of
 the beneficiary travel program of the  
,department of ,veterans ,affairs during
 ,,covid-#ai1 and for other purposes4   
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,studying ,veterans ,access to  
,care ,during ,,covid-#ai ,act4  #b4    
,comptroller ,general report on changes 
in use of beneficiary travel program of 
,department of ,veterans ,affairs  7a7  
,report ,not later than one year after  
the date of the enactment of this ,act1 
the ,comptroller ,general of the ,united
 ,states shall prepare and submit to the
 ,committees on ,veterans' ,affairs of  
the ,house of ,representatives and the  
,senate a report on the following3 7#a7 

,the year-over-year change in the number
 of payments and allowances provided    
pursuant to the beneficiary travel      
program of the ,department of ,veterans 
,affairs under section #aaa of title    
#ch1 ,united ,states ,code during the   
,,covid-#ai public health emergency     
period4  7#b7 ,the year-over-year change
 in the total dollar amount of payments 
and allowances provided pursuant to such
 program during such period4  7#c7 ,the 
anticipated costs associated with       
expanding eligibility to receive        
payments and allowances pursuant to such
 program to veterans whose total annual 
income is below #djj percent of the     
poverty line4  7b7 ,definitions ,in this
 section-- 7#a7 ,the term ,,covid-#ai   
public health emergency period means the
 period during which there exists the   
public health emergency declared by the 
,secretary of ,health and ,human        
,services pursuant to section #cai of   
the ,public ,health ,service ,act 7#db  
,u4,s4,c4 #bdg;d7 on ,january #ca1      

#bjbj1 entitled ,determination that a   
,public ,health ,emergency ,exists      
,nationwide as the ,result of the #bjai 
,novel ,coronavirus 7including any      
renewal of such declaration pursuant to 
such section74  7#b7 ,the term poverty  
line has the meaning given such term in 
section #fgc of the ,community ,services
 ,block ,grant ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4      
#iijb74