Rural Veterans Transportation to Care Act
Latest action · Mar 27, 2025 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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 27, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Rural Veterans Transportation to Care Act
This bill expands and makes permanent the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) grant program that provides transportation options to veterans for medical purposes.
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).
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.
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.
Finally, the bill defines rural and highly rural 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.
Cosponsors 20
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 27, 2025 to Aug 27, 2026; 7 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CO | Brittany Pettersen | Original | Feb 27, 2025 |
| R-OH | David P. Joyce | Original | Feb 27, 2025 |
| D-NC | Donald G. Davis | Original | Feb 27, 2025 |
| R-SD | Dusty Johnson | Original | Feb 27, 2025 |
| D-NM | Gabe Vasquez | Original | Feb 27, 2025 |
| D-ME | Jared F. Golden | Original | Feb 27, 2025 |
| R-AZ | Juan Ciscomani | Original | Feb 27, 2025 |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Mar 4, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Josh Harder | Apr 7, 2025 | |
| R-IA | Zachary Nunn | Apr 21, 2025 | |
| D-VA | Eugene Simon Vindman | May 13, 2025 | |
| D-WA | Marilyn Strickland | Jun 6, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Jun 17, 2025 | |
| D-WA | Kim Schrier | Jul 25, 2025 | |
| R-KY | Andy Barr | Aug 26, 2025 | |
| D-NV | Steven Horsford | Nov 18, 2025 | |
| D-CA | George Whitesides | Dec 1, 2025 | |
| R-PA | Robert P. Bresnahan, Jr. | Dec 18, 2025 | |
| R-NY | Michael Lawler | Jun 2, 2026 | |
| R-CA | James Gallagher | Aug 27, 2026 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred Feb 27, 2025 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Mar 27, 2025 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 27, 2025Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Feb 27, 2025Introduced in House
- Feb 27, 2025Referred to the House 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H924 | Gabe Vasquez D-NM | Mar 3, 2025 |
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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 39, February 27, 2025, page H920.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 784 | Rural Veterans Transportation to Care Act | Identical bill | May 21, 2025 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To expand and modify the grant program of the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide innovative transportation options to veterans in highly rural areas, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Rural Veterans Transportation to Care 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 27, 2025Introduced in House
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.
