Legislation· May 2025Sponsored by Tom Barrett (R)
Automotive Support Services to Improve Safe Transportation Act of 2025
Expands VA medical benefits to cover vehicle adaptations for disabled veterans.
Tradeoff
Allows the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to fund car modifications like ramps, lifts, and accessible seating for veterans who need them to drive or ride safely. No offset specified in the bill.
What's in it
Decreases net direct spending by $29 million over 2025-2035, while increasing spending by $26 million over the same period, for a net deficit reduction of $3 million over the 10-year window.
The bill approximately $26 million over 10 years to fund expanded adaptive vehicle equipment for eligible veterans through the VA, while simultaneously reducing pension payments to certain veterans and survivors residing in nursing homes by roughly $29 million, resulting in a modest net federal savings.
Passed the House by on May 19, 2025 — sitting in the Senate.
House
Introduced
(Feb 14, 2025)
House
Committee on Veterans' Affairs(Feb 14, 2025)
House
The Committee on Veterans' Affairs voted to send it to the floor
Reported(May 15, 2025)
Committee report H. Rept. 119-96.
House
Passage of the bill
Passed by (May 19, 2025)
No individual votes were recorded.
Senate
Received from the House
on Veterans' Affairs(May 20, 2025)
- Maggie Goodlander (D-NH)
- Dan Crenshaw (R-TX)
- Claudia Tenney (R-NY)
- David G. Valadao (R-CA)
- Susie Lee (D-NV)
- Jason Crow (D-CO)
- Eugene Simon Vindman (D-VA)