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119-s-1726119th CongressWALLET

ASSIST Act of 2025

Sponsored By: Senator Tuberville, Tommy [R-AL]

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Summary

Expands VA coverage to include medically necessary automobile adaptations. This bill would amend Title 38 to treat specific vehicle modifications as VA medical services and would extend a pension payment limit date to September 30, 2032.

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  • Veterans who drive or ride: Would become eligible for VA funding for medically necessary vehicle adaptations. The list in the bill includes ramp and kneeling systems, raised doors or lowered floors, raised roofs, air conditioning, occupied and unoccupied mobility lifts, ingress or egress accessibility modifications, wheelchair tiedowns, and adapted seating.
  • VA benefits and claims: Would amend 38 U.S.C. 1701(6)(I) to explicitly list these automobile adaptations so they count as medical services for VA benefit purposes.
  • Hospitalized or institutionalized veterans receiving pensions: Would amend 38 U.S.C. 5503(d)(7) by replacing the date November 30, 2031 with September 30, 2032, extending the period that certain pension payment limits apply.

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.

More vehicle adaptations for veterans

If enacted, eligible veterans and VA medical patients would be able to get coverage for medically necessary vehicle adaptations. You would need to be a VA medical beneficiary. Adaptations would have to be for driver or passenger use and medically necessary. Examples listed include ramps and kneeling systems, raised doors or lowered floors, raised roofs, air conditioning, occupied and unoccupied mobility lifts, ingress/egress accessibility changes, wheelchair tiedowns, and adapted seating.

Pension payment limits extended for veterans

If enacted, the bill would extend the date that limits certain VA pension payments. The date in law would change from November 30, 2031 to September 30, 2032. That means affected VA pension recipients would remain subject to the same payment limits for about nine more months. The change would not alter who qualifies or the dollar amounts in the statute.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Tuberville, Tommy [R-AL]

AL • R

Cosponsors

  • Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI]

    HI • D

    Sponsored 7/28/2025

  • Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]

    NH • D

    Sponsored 9/3/2025

  • Sen. Banks, Jim [R-IN]

    IN • R

    Sponsored 9/10/2025

  • Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN]

    TN • R

    Sponsored 9/16/2025

  • Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]

    CT • D

    Sponsored 2/2/2026

  • Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME]

    ME • I

    Sponsored 2/25/2026

  • Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD]

    SD • R

    Sponsored 3/4/2026

  • Sen. Slotkin, Elissa [D-MI]

    MI • D

    Sponsored 4/22/2026

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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