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S. 812

U.S. Senate•In Senate Committee

Summary

S. 812, a bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to ensure veterans may obtain a physical copy of a form for reimbursement of certain travel expenses by mail or at medical facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes, was introduced in the Senate on Mar 3, 2025 by Sen. Rick Scott (R) with 9 co-sponsors. It was referred to Veterans' Affairs, and last saw action on Mar 3, 2025: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Record

Text

S. 812 has 9 co-sponsors.

sb812/introduced-in-senate.txt
119 S812 IS: To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to ensure veterans may obtain a physical copy of a form for reimbursement of certain travel expenses by mail or at medical facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
 U.S. Senate
 2025-03-03
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 II  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  S. 812  IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES   March 3, 2025   Mr. Scott of Florida  (for himself,  Ms. Rosen ,  Mr. Marshall ,  Mr. Risch ,  Mr. Wicker ,  Mr. King ,  Mr. Tillis ,  Mr. Rounds , and  Mr. Peters ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 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 form for reimbursement of certain travel expenses by mail or at medical facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
1.
Requirement for Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make available to veterans physical copies of form for reimbursement of certain travel expenses
(a)
In general
The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall prescribe regulations to ensure that—
(1)
a veteran may, for the purposes of submitting a claim for the reimbursement of expenses for travel under section 111 of title 38, United States Code—
(A)
obtain a physical copy of the covered form—
(i)
by mail, upon the request of such veteran; or
(ii)
at any medical facility of the Department of Veterans Affairs; and
(B)
submit the covered form to any such medical facility in person or by mail; and
(2)
any such medical facility to which a veteran submits the covered form—
(A)
evaluates such covered form; and
(B)
processes any claim associated with such covered form, if applicable.
(b)
Covered form defined
In this section, the term  covered form  means Department of Veterans Affairs Form 10–3452 (or any successor document).

Tracker

The tracker indicates the progress of this legislation as it moves through the legislative process.

  1. Introduced2025-03-03
  2. Passed Senate
  3. Passed House
  4. Conference
  5. To President
  6. Became Law

CRS Summary

The summaries are the Congressional Research Service’s, one per stage. Read them in full.

Introduced in Senate Mar 3, 2025

sb812/introduced-in-senate.md

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Introduced in Senate (03/03/2025)

Sponsors

Sen. Rick Scott (R) sponsors S. 812, and 9 members have co-sponsored it, 8 of them from the day it was introduced.

Committees

S. 812 went before 1 committee: Veterans' Affairs.

Veterans' Affairs
Veterans' Affairs
Referred To · Mar 3, 2025

Actions

S. 812 has taken 2 actions since Mar 3, 2025.

ChamberAction
Mar 3, 2025
Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.Veterans' Affairs Committee
Mar 3, 2025
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Introduced in Senate

Votes

S. 812 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

S. 812 goes by 2 titles.

  • A bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to ensure veterans may obtain a physical copy of a form for reimbursement of certain travel expenses by mail or at medical facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. — Official Title as Introduced
  • A bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to ensure veterans may obtain a physical copy of a form for reimbursement of certain travel expenses by mail or at medical facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. — Display Title

Lobbying

1 client hired 1 firm and 9 registered lobbyists who named S. 812 in 6 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Veterans.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

ClientBusinessStateFirmsFilingsReported
DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS—District of Columbia16—

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

RegistrantClientsFilingsReported
DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS16—

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill.

LobbyistFirmsClientsFilings
JON RETZER116
NAOMI MATHIS116
PETER DICKINSON116
SHAMALA CAPIZZI116
JOSEPH LEMAY115
SHANE LIERMANN115
JOY ILEM114
KEVIN MILLER112
MARQUIS BAREFIELD112

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

ClientRegistrantPeriodReportedDocument
DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANSDISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS2026 first_quarter$175.9K1st Quarter - Report
DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANSDISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS2025 fourth_quarter$161.3K4th Quarter - Report
DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANSDISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS2026 second_quarter$149.2K2nd Quarter - Report
DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANSDISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS2025 third_quarter$141.4K3rd Quarter - Report
DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANSDISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS2025 second_quarter$141.4K2nd Quarter - Report
DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANSDISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS2025 first_quarter$141.4K1st Quarter - Report

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files S. 812 under Armed Forces and National Security, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; S. 812’s is Armed Forces and National Security.

s812/policy-areas.txt
Armed Forces and National SecurityAgriculture and FoodAnimalsArts, Culture, ReligionCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesCommerceCongressCrime and Law EnforcementEconomics and Public FinanceEducationEmergency ManagementEnergyEnvironmental ProtectionFamiliesFinance and Financial SectorForeign Trade and International FinanceGovernment Operations and PoliticsHealthHousing and Community DevelopmentImmigrationInternational AffairsLabor and EmploymentLawNative AmericansPublic Lands and Natural ResourcesScience, Technology, CommunicationsSocial WelfareSports and RecreationTaxationTransportation and Public WorksWater Resources Development

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