Requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to work toward agreements with the Freely Associated States so it can provide veterans there with telehealth services and mail-order prescriptions.

Official title: U.S. Vets of the FAS Act

Next stop House floor: awaiting a vote

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Introduced 11-DEC-2025

Referred 11-DEC-2025

Approved by committee 14-MAY-2026

Key points

Directs the VA Secretary to work expeditiously with the governments of the Freely Associated States to enter into agreements for veterans' health care there
Requires that services include, at a minimum, telehealth health services and pharmaceutical products delivered by mail
Sets a one-year deadline after enactment for signing the agreements and starting the services, with outreach to begin within 30 days
Amends 38 U.S.C. 111(h)(1) so that once the Secretary makes beneficiary travel payments in a fiscal year, the Secretary must make the payments provided for in the statute, effective for travel one year after enactment
Requires quarterly reports to the Veterans' Affairs and Appropriations committees on implementation and cost

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Policy area

Armed Forces and National Security

Sponsor Kimberlyn King-Hinds (R-MP) Cosponsors · 4

■ 2 R■ 2 D

2 Democrats

2 Republicans

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