3.0.0 784 2025-12-05T22:01:19Z 2025-12-05T22:01:19Z Senate S S 2025-02-27 119 https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/784 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Hearings By (full committee) 2025-05-21T20:00:18Z Referred To 2025-02-27T18:08:40Z 119 1733 HR 2025-03-27 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS 2025-05-21 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Committee 2025-02-27 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2025-02-27 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress O000174 Sen. Ossoff, Jon [D-GA] Jon Ossoff D GA N C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2025-02-27 True P000145 Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA] Alex Padilla D CA 2025-05-12 False Armed Forces and National Security Rural conditions and development 2025-06-03T15:59:55Z Transportation costs 2025-06-03T15:59:50Z Veterans' medical care 2025-06-03T15:59:50Z Veterans' organizations and recognition 2025-06-03T15:59:50Z Armed Forces and National Security 2025-04-04T20:06:47Z

00 2025-02-27 Introduced in Senate 2025-05-13T14:39:22Z <p><strong>Rural Veterans Transportation to Care Act</strong></p><p>This bill expands and makes permanent the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) grant program that provides transportation options to veterans for medical purposes.</p><p>First, the bill expands the program to cover transportation for veterans in rural areas, in addition to veterans in highly rural areas (who are already eligible under the program).</p><p>The bill also authorizes the VA to award such grants to county veterans service organizations and tribal organizations to assist veterans with transportation for medical care.</p><p>Further, the bill increases the maximum grant amount to $60,000. However, if a grant recipient is required to purchase a vehicle to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, such grant amount may be increased to not more than $80,000.</p><p>Finally, the bill defines<em> rural</em> and <em>highly rural </em>in the same manner as the terms are given under the Rural-Urban Commuting Areas (RUCA) coding system of the Department of Agriculture. RUCA uses population density and commuting patterns to assign designations.&nbsp;</p>

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