AUTO for Veterans Act
Latest action · Apr 28, 2021 Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 117-137.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedFeb 25, 2021
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Advancing Uniform Transportation Opportunities for Veterans Act or the AUTO for Veterans Act
This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide (or assist in providing) an eligible veteran or service member with an additional automobile or other conveyance under the VA automobile allowance and adaptive equipment program. Currently, a veteran or service member with a specified service-connected disability or impairment may not receive more than one automobile or other conveyance under the program.
The bill authorizes the additional benefit for such veterans and service members if 10 years have passed since the person last received such benefit.
Cosponsors 17
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 25, 2021 to Dec 8, 2022; 4 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-WV | Joe Manchin III | Original | Feb 25, 2021 |
| R-AR | John Boozman | Original | Feb 25, 2021 |
| D-NH | Margaret Wood Hassan | Original | Feb 25, 2021 |
| R-MO | Roy Blunt | Original | Feb 25, 2021 |
| R-WV | Shelley Moore Capito | Mar 11, 2021 | |
| D-DE | Christopher A. Coons | Mar 25, 2021 | |
| R-OH | Rob Portman | Apr 22, 2021 | |
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | Apr 29, 2021 | |
| I-ME | Angus S. King Jr. | May 19, 2021 | |
| D-NV | Jacky Rosen | Nov 1, 2021 | |
| D-HI | Mazie K. Hirono | Feb 7, 2022 | |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Feb 15, 2022 | |
| D-CT | Richard Blumenthal | Mar 7, 2022 | |
| D-RI | Sheldon Whitehouse | Mar 7, 2022 | |
| D-MI | Gary C. Peters | Aug 6, 2022 | |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Sep 20, 2022 | |
| D-NV | Catherine Cortez Masto | Dec 8, 2022 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred Feb 25, 2021Hearings Apr 28, 2021 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 28, 2021Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 117-137.
- Feb 25, 2021Introduced in Senate
- Feb 25, 2021Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S919 | Susan M. Collins R-ME | Mar 1, 2021 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 117-745 | LEGISLATIVE PRESENTATION OF THE VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNITED STATES AND MULTI VSOs: IAVA, WWP, VVA, AMVETS, NCHV, SWAN, BVA, BVEC, NASDVA262 pages | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Mar 2, 2022 |
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1361 | AUTO for Veterans Act | Identical bill | Apr 12, 2021 |
| HR 3304 | AUTO for Veterans Act | Related bill | Oct 11, 2022 |
| S 4155 | AUTO for Veterans Act | Reintroduction of | Jul 2, 2020 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide or assist in providing an additional vehicle adapted for operation by disabled individuals to certain eligible persons.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Advancing Uniform Transportation Opportunities for Veterans Act
- AUTO for Veterans Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 25, 2021Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
