Sec. 1077. Requirement to provide certain services to veterans in the Freely Associated States
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Section 1724(f)(1) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 , the Secretary shall furnish to veterans described in subparagraph (A), subject to agreements described in such subparagraph, telehealth benefits and mail order pharmacy benefits. . Section 111(h)(1) of such title is amended by striking the Secretary may make payments and inserting beginning not later than one year after the date of the enactment of the .
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 , the Secretary shall make payments Not less frequently than quarterly, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the status of implementation of the amendments made by this section and the cost of such implementation. In this subsection, the term appropriate committees of Congress means— the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.
Section 5503(d)(7) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking November 30, 2031 and inserting April 30, 2032 .