DRIVE Act of 2025
Latest action · May 21, 2025 Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 119-86.
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 13, 2025
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Driver Reimbursement Increase for Veteran Equity Act of 2025 or the DRIVE Act of 2025
This bill increases the mileage reimbursement rate available to beneficiaries for travel to or from Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) facilities in connection with vocational rehabilitation, required counseling, or for the purpose of examination, treatment, or care. Specifically, the bill makes the reimbursement rate for such travel equal to or greater than the mileage reimbursement rate for government employees using private vehicles when no government vehicle is available.
The bill also requires the VA to ensure that an allowance based on mileage is paid not later than 90 days after the request is properly submitted to the VA.
Cosponsors 19
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 13, 2025 to Sep 28, 2026; 7 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Alex Padilla | Original | Feb 13, 2025 |
| D-NV | Catherine Cortez Masto | Original | Feb 13, 2025 |
| D-NJ | Cory A. Booker | Original | Feb 13, 2025 |
| D-NH | Jeanne Shaheen | Original | Feb 13, 2025 |
| D-HI | Mazie K. Hirono | Original | Feb 13, 2025 |
| D-OR | Ron Wyden | Original | Feb 13, 2025 |
| D-MN | Tina Smith | Original | Feb 13, 2025 |
| D-MI | Elissa Slotkin | Feb 27, 2025 | |
| D-CO | Michael F. Bennet | Mar 25, 2025 | |
| D-OR | Jeff Merkley | Apr 8, 2025 | |
| R-SD | Mike Rounds | May 14, 2025 | |
| D-RI | Sheldon Whitehouse | Jun 2, 2025 | |
| D-AZ | Ruben Gallego | Jun 4, 2025 | |
| I-ME | Angus S. King Jr. | Jun 5, 2025 | |
| D-PA | John Fetterman | Jun 10, 2025 | |
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | Jul 29, 2025 | |
| D-GA | Raphael G. Warnock | Sep 16, 2025 | |
| D-MD | Angela D. Alsobrooks | Oct 1, 2025 | |
| D-DE | Lisa Blunt Rochester | Sep 28, 2026 |
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 13, 2025Hearings May 21, 2025 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 21, 2025Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 119-86.
- Feb 13, 2025Introduced in Senate
- Feb 13, 2025Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
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. 119-86 | HEARING TO CONSIDER PENDING LEGISLATION221 pages | Veterans' Affairs Committee | May 21, 2025 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1288 | DRIVE Act of 2025 | Identical bill | Apr 11, 2025 |
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 increase the mileage rate offered by the Department of Veterans Affairs through their Beneficiary Travel program for health related travel, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- DRIVE Act of 2025
- Driver Reimbursement Increase for Veteran Equity Act of 2025
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 13, 2025Introduced 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.
