Veterans Earned Transportation Act or the Vets ETA
This bill permanently reauthorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) program that provides transportation to and from VA facilities or other places in connection with vocational rehabilitation, for counseling, or for the purpose of examination, treatment, or care.
To amend title 38, United States Code, to make permanent the authority 
 of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide transportation to and 
   from Department of Veterans Affairs facilities in connection with 
                vocational rehabilitation or counseling.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Veterans Earned Transportation Act'' 
or the ``Vets ETA''.

SEC. 2. PERMANENT AUTHORITY FOR SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS TO 
              PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION TO AND FROM DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 
              AFFAIRS FACILITIES IN CONNECTION WITH VOCATIONAL 
              REHABILITATION OR COUNSELING.

    Section 111A(a) of title 38, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``(1) The Secretary'' and inserting ``The 
        Secretary''; and
            (2) by striking paragraph (2).
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Vets ETA
To amend title 38, United States Code, to make permanent the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide transportation to and from Department of Veterans Affairs facilities in connection with vocational rehabilitation or counseling.
Veterans Earned Transportation Act
Vets ETA
Rep. Panetta, Jimmy