BRIEFING ON IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPACT OF FREE ASSOCIATION AMENDMENTS ACT OF 2024 WITH RESPECT TO VETERANS IN THE FREELY ASSOCIATED STATES.

SEC. 8805. BRIEFING ON IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPACT OF FREE ASSOCIATION AMENDMENTS ACT OF 2024 WITH RESPECT TO VETERANS IN THE FREELY ASSOCIATED STATES. (a) In General.—Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and not less frequently than monthly thereafter until the date that is five years after such date of enactment, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall provide to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives a briefing on the status of implementation of the provisions of the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2024 (title II of division G of Public Law 118-42) relating to veterans in the Freely Associated States in a way that is consistent with the intent of Congress, including— (1) engagement with the governments of the Freely Associated States; (2) a projected timeline for veterans in the Freely Associated States to receive hospital care and medical services; and (3) an estimate of the cost of implementation of such provisions. (b) Definitions.—In this section: (1) Freely associated states.—The term “Freely Associated States” means— (A) the Federated States of Micronesia; (B) the Republic of the Marshall Islands; and (C) the Republic of Palau. (2) Hospital care; medical services.—The terms “hospital care” and “medical services” have the meanings given those terms in section 1701 of title 38, United States Code.