Rural Veterans Transportation to Care Act
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 27, 2025
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot 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 3
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 27, 2025 to Mar 18, 2026; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-ME | Susan M. Collins | Original | Feb 27, 2025 |
| D-CA | Alex Padilla | May 12, 2025 | |
| D-NV | Jacky Rosen | Mar 18, 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 27, 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 27, 2025Introduced in Senate
- Feb 27, 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 3
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 119-33 | BEYOND THE CITY LIMITS: DELIVERING FOR RURAL VETERANS54 pages | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Jul 25, 2025 |
| S. Hrg. 119-86 | HEARING TO CONSIDER PENDING LEGISLATION221 pages | Veterans' Affairs Committee | May 21, 2025 |
| S. Hrg. 119-81 | NEVER AGAIN: ADDRESSING THE RISE OF ANTISEMITISM AND SUPPORTING OLDER AMERICANS58 pages | Aging (Special) Committee | Apr 30, 2025 |
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1733 | Rural Veterans Transportation to Care Act | Identical bill | Mar 27, 2025 |
| S 3751 | Rural Veterans Transportation to Care Act | Cross-Congress related bill | Feb 7, 2024 |
| HR 7654 | Rural Veterans Transportation to Care Act | Cross-Congress related bill | Apr 4, 2024 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill 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 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.
