119-s784

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 784 Introduced in Senate

    (IS) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 784

 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.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 February 27, 2025

Mr. Ossoff (for himself and Ms. Collins) introduced the following bill; 
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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 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.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Rural Veterans Transportation to 
Care Act''.

SEC. 2. EXPANSION AND MODIFICATION OF TRANSPORTATION GRANT PROGRAM OF 
 DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.

 

Section 307 of the Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services 
Act of 2010 (Public Law 111-163; 38 U.S.C. 1710 note) is amended--

    (1) in the section heading, by inserting ``rural or'' 
 before ``highly'';

    (2) in subsection

    (a) --
        (A) by inserting ``rural or'' before ``highly'' 
 each place it appears;
        (B) in paragraph

    (2) --
            (i) by redesignating subparagraph
        (B) as 
 subparagraph
            (C) ;
            (ii) by inserting after subparagraph
        (A) the following new subparagraph
        (B) :
 ``
        (B) County veterans service organizations.''; and
            (iii) by adding at the end the following 
 new subparagraph:
 ``
            (D) Tribal organizations.'';
            (C) in paragraph

    (3) , by striking ``A State 
 veterans service agency or veterans service 
 organization awarded'' and inserting ``A recipient 
 of''; and
            (D) by striking paragraph

    (4) and inserting the 
 following new paragraph

    (4) :
 ``

    (4) Maximum amount.--
 ``
        (A) In general.--Except as provided in 
 subparagraph
        (B) , the amount of a grant under this 
 section may not exceed $60,000.
 ``
        (B) Additional amount to purchase a vehicle.--The 
 amount of a grant under this section to a recipient may 
 be increased to an amount not to exceed $80,000 if the 
 recipient is required to purchase a vehicle to comply 
 with the requirements of the Americans with 
 Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.) in 
 carrying out this section.'';

    (3) in subsection
            (c) , by striking paragraph

    (1) and 
 inserting the following:
 ``

    (1) Rural; highly rural.--The terms `rural' and `highly 
 rural' have the meanings given those terms under the Rural-
 Urban Commuting Areas

    (RUCA) coding system of the Department of 
 Agriculture.''; and

    (4) in subsection
            (d) , by striking ``$3,000,000 for each of 
 fiscal years 2010 through 2022'' and inserting ``such sums as 
 may be necessary''.
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