<?xml version="1.0"?>
<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="billres.xsl"?>
<!DOCTYPE bill PUBLIC "-//US Congress//DTDs/bill.dtd//EN" "bill.dtd">
<bill bill-stage="Introduced-in-House" dms-id="HEF362B9398DE4BDBBED2497ACFFA24E0" public-private="public" key="H" bill-type="olc"><metadata xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">
<dublinCore>
<dc:title>119 HR 1364 IH: Automotive Support Services to Improve Safe Transportation Act of 2025</dc:title>
<dc:publisher>U.S. House of Representatives</dc:publisher>
<dc:date>2025-02-14</dc:date>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
</dublinCore>
</metadata>
<form>
<distribution-code display="yes">I</distribution-code><congress display="yes">119th CONGRESS</congress><session display="yes">1st Session</session><legis-num display="yes">H. R. 1364</legis-num><current-chamber>IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES</current-chamber><action display="yes"><action-date date="20250214">February 14, 2025</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="B001321">Mr. Barrett</sponsor> (for himself and <cosponsor name-id="G000604">Ms. Goodlander</cosponsor>) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the <committee-name committee-id="HVR00">Committee on Veterans' Affairs</committee-name></action-desc></action><legis-type>A BILL</legis-type><official-title display="yes">To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide clarification regarding the inclusion of medically necessary automobile adaptations in Department of Veterans Affairs definition of <quote>medical services</quote>.</official-title></form><legis-body id="HC3D92CA1B81A461D89760A0648B3D292" style="OLC"><section id="H0FDD100667184896BFB5CD41F2BCB3F8" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Automotive Support Services to Improve Safe Transportation Act of 2025</short-title></quote> or the <quote><short-title>ASSIST Act of 2025</short-title></quote> .</text></section><section id="H0CE17980E44F4C6DA45CECA653DC1BA8"><enum>2.</enum><header>Clarification regarding inclusion of medically necessary automobile adaptations in Department of Veterans Affairs definition of <quote>medical services</quote></header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1701(6)(I) of title 38, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text><quoted-block style="USC" id="H058B4C9E65B747EEAFE3E40CABB7565F" display-inline="no-display-inline"><subparagraph id="H2C6C11D53E344197BF9F1BBB2CE21901" indent="up1"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The provision of any medically necessary automobile adaptations, including—</text><clause id="H07A3BE90564D4ADF99850C9CC09A0CF9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>ramp and kneeling systems;</text></clause><clause id="H1E1DC7D7FF3F4C15A0F09089AFFEE05E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>raised doors or lowered floors;</text></clause><clause id="H407A17E1CDE148AA877826A3AEB6585F"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>raised roofs;</text></clause><clause id="H8B4BD8CFEEFF4AE5B693D1F4DAD4300F"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>air conditioning;</text></clause><clause id="H1F9CC19D51974FC39B511AF6C545B55A"><enum>(v)</enum><text>mobility device lifts;</text></clause><clause id="HB90EE7DB621C45A9A9E2180A158C3953"><enum>(vi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">non-articulating trailers;</text></clause><clause id="H733D7321936D4F99AFFD7FB6EE15DC57"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>ingress or egress accessibility modifications; and</text></clause><clause id="HAEEADD1DB7D14E4C859F26B43C3E0BB7"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>wheelchair tiedowns.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section></legis-body></bill> 

