3.0.0 1726 2026-04-06T19:39:30Z 2026-04-06T19:39:30Z Senate S S 2025-05-13 119 https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1726 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Markup By 2026-03-18T20:00:08Z Referred To 2025-05-13T16:35:44Z Referred To 2025-05-13T16:35:44Z Automotive Support Services to Improve Safe Transportation Act of 2025 119 1364 HR 2025-05-20 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Identical bill CRS 2026-03-18 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably. Committee 2025-05-13 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2025-05-13 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress T000278 Sen. Tuberville, Tommy [R-AL] Tommy Tuberville R AL N H001042 Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] Mazie Hirono D HI K. 2025-07-28 False S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH 2025-09-03 False B001299 Sen. Banks, Jim [R-IN] Jim Banks R IN 2025-09-10 False B001243 Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN] Marsha Blackburn R TN 2025-09-16 False B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2026-02-02 False K000383 Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] Angus King I ME S. 2026-02-25 False R000605 Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD] Mike Rounds R SD 2026-03-04 False 2026-04-02T20:26:00Z S. 1726, Automotive Support Services to Improve Safe Transportation Act of 2026 https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62279 As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on March 18, 2026 Armed Forces and National Security Disability and health-based discrimination 2026-04-06T19:39:20Z Motor vehicles 2026-04-06T19:39:25Z Veterans' medical care 2026-04-06T19:39:30Z Armed Forces and National Security 2025-06-03T19:50:16Z 00 2025-05-13 Introduced in Senate 2025-08-12T16:25:19Z Automotive Support Services to Improve Safe Transportation Act of 2025 or the ASSIST Act of 2025

This bill expands the definition of medical services for purposes of veterans’ benefits to include additional medically necessary automobile adaptations. Under the bill, the Department of Veterans Affairs may provide funding for the following medically necessary automobile adaptations for driver or passenger use: ramp and kneeling systems, lowered floors, occupied and unoccupied mobility lifts, ingress or egress accessibility modifications, and adapted seating. 

The bill also extends the limitation on pension amounts for certain hospitalized or institutionalized veterans through September 30, 2032.

]]> ASSIST Act of 2025 Display Title 45 ASSIST Act of 2025 2026-03-19T11:03:27Z Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 ASSIST Act of 2025 2025-05-28T04:23:19Z Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 Automotive Support Services to Improve Safe Transportation Act of 2025 2025-05-28T04:23:19Z Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced 6 A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify that the Department of Veterans Affairs definition of "medical services" includes medically necessary automobile adaptations, and for other purposes. 2025-05-28T04:18:29Z Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2025-05-13T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119s1726is/xml/BILLS-119s1726is.xml 2026-03-18 Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably. text/xml EN 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. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.