Driver Reimbursement Increase for Veteran Equity Act or the DRIVE Act
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to adjust the mileage rate for beneficiary travel to or from a VA facility in relation to vocational rehabilitation, required counseling, or for the purpose of examination, treatment, or care. Such rate must be adjusted to be at least equal to the mileage reimbursement rate for vehicles that are privately owned by government employees on official business.
To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the mileage rate 
offered by the Department of Veterans Affairs through their Beneficiary 
   Travel program for health related travel, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Driver Reimbursement Increase for 
Veteran Equity Act'' or the ``DRIVE Act''.

SEC. 2. VA PAYMENTS OR ALLOWANCES FOR BENEFICIARY TRAVEL.

    Section 111(g) of title 38, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``(1) Beginning one year after the date of 
        the enactment of the Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health 
        Services Act of 2010, the Secretary may'' and inserting ``The 
        Secretary shall'';
            (2) by striking ``to be'' and inserting ``to be at least''; 
        and
            (3) by striking paragraph (2).
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DRIVE Act
To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the mileage rate offered by the Department of Veterans Affairs through their Beneficiary Travel program for health related travel, and for other purposes.
DRIVE Act
Driver Reimbursement Increase for Veteran Equity Act
Rep. Brownley, Julia