ASSIST Act of 2025
The summary
What this bill does
Automotive Support Services to Improve Safe Transportation Act of 2025 or the ASSIST Act of 2025
This bill expands the definition of medical services for purposes of veterans’ benefits to include additional medically necessary automobile adaptations. Under the bill, the Department of Veterans Affairs may provide funding for the following medically necessary automobile adaptations for driver or passenger use: ramp and kneeling systems, lowered floors, occupied and unoccupied mobility lifts, ingress or egress accessibility modifications, and adapted seating.
The bill also extends the limitation on pension amounts for certain hospitalized or institutionalized veterans through September 30, 2032.
Legislative timeline
From introduction
May 13, 2025
Introduced & referred to committee
Congressional support
Sponsors & Cosponsors
U.S. Representative - AL · R-AL
8 cosponsors
U.S. Representative - HI · D-HI
U.S. Representative - NH · D-NH
U.S. Representative - IN · R-IN
U.S. Representative - Tennessee District 7 · R-TN
U.S. Representative - CT · D-CT
U.S. Representative - ME · I-ME
U.S. Senator - South Dakota · R-SD
U.S. Representative - Michigan District 8 · D-MI
Roll-call vote
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The vote, by member
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Bill Metadata
| Congress | 119 |
| Bill Type | S |
| Bill Number | 1726 |
| Origin Chamber | Senate |
| Current Status | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. |
| Policy Area | Armed Forces and National Security |
| Primary Committee | Not assigned |
| Introduced | May 13, 2025 |
| Latest Action | May 13, 2025 |
| Cosponsors | 8 · House vote — · 1 views |