,i  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #efig  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #bf1      
#bjbc,mr4 ,bilirakis 7for himself and   
,mr4 ,pappas7 introduced the following  
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs  ,a   
,,bill  ,to direct the ,secretary of    
,veterans ,affairs to ensure veterans   
may obtain a physical copy of a certain 
form by mail or at medical facilities of
 the ,department of ,veterans ,affairs1 
and for other purposes4  #a4            
,requirement for ,secretary of ,veterans
 ,affairs to make available to veterans 
physical copies of covered form for     
reimbursement of certain travel expenses
  7a7 ,in general ,the ,secretary of    
,veterans ,affairs shall prescribe      
regulations to ensure that-- 7#a7 a     
veteran may1 for the purposes of        
submitting a claim for the reimbursement
 of expenses for travel under section   
#aaa of title #ch1 ,united ,states      
,code-- 7,a7 obtain a physical copy of  

the covered form-- 7i7 by mail1 upon the
 request of such veteran2 or  7ii7 at   
any medical facility of the ,department2
 and  7,b7 submit the covered form at   
any such medical facility2 and  7#b7 any
 such medical facility to which a       
veteran submits the covered form-- 7,a7 
evaluates such covered form2 and  7,b7  
processes such claim associated with    
such covered form1 if applicable4  7b7  
,covered form defined ,in this section1 
the term covered form means ,department 
of ,veterans ,affairs ,form #aj-cdeb 7or
 any successor document74