ASSIST Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Senator Tommy Tuberville
Introduced
Summary
Would expand VA medical services to cover more medically necessary automobile adaptations. It would let the Department of Veterans Affairs fund ramps, lowered floors, mobility lifts, adapted seating, and other vehicle changes to help veterans ride or drive safely. It would also extend a pension payment cap through September 30, 2032.
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- Veterans: Would make medically necessary vehicle modifications available for driver or passenger use, including ramps, lowered floors, occupied and unoccupied lifts, ingress or egress accessibility changes, wheelchair tiedowns, and adapted seating.
- Families and caregivers: Would make travel and daily routines safer and easier for veterans who drive or ride, which could reduce caregiver strain and improve independence.
- Pensioned veterans and VA operations: Would push the existing limit on certain pension payments to September 30, 2032. The bill would not authorize new funding or create separate programs beyond adding these adaptations to VA's medical services authority.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
More car adaptations for veterans
If enacted, the VA would be able to pay for medically necessary car adaptations for veterans who are eligible for VA medical care. Examples listed include ramps and kneeling systems, raised doors or lowered floors, raised roofs, air conditioning, mobility lifts, wheelchair tie‑downs, and adapted seating. The change would take effect upon enactment.
VA pension cap extended to 2032
If enacted, this bill would replace the date November 30, 2031 with September 30, 2032 in 38 U.S.C. 5503(d)(7). That would keep the cap on certain VA pension payments in place for about ten more months. The change would take effect upon enactment.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Tommy Tuberville
AL • R
Cosponsors
Mazie Hirono
HI • D
Sponsored 7/28/2025
Jeanne Shaheen
NH • D
Sponsored 9/3/2025
Jim Banks
IN • R
Sponsored 9/10/2025
Marsha Blackburn
TN • R
Sponsored 9/16/2025
Richard Blumenthal
CT • D
Sponsored 2/2/2026
Angus King
ME • I
Sponsored 2/25/2026
Mike Rounds
SD • R
Sponsored 3/4/2026
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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