Title: Advancing Uniform Transportation Opportunities for Veterans Act
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
Advancing Uniform Transportation Opportunities for Veterans Act or the AUTO for Veterans Act
This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide (or assist in providing) an eligible veteran or service member with an additional automobile or other conveyance under the VA automobile allowance and adaptive equipment program. Currently, a veteran or service member with a specified service-connected disability or impairment may not receive more than one automobile or other conveyance under the program.
The bill authorizes the additional benefit for such veterans and service members if 10 years have passed since the person last received such benefit.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 444 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 444

 To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of 
   Veterans Affairs to provide or assist in providing an additional 
   vehicle adapted for operation by disabled individuals to certain 
                           eligible persons.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 25, 2021

Ms. Collins (for herself, Mr. Manchin, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Blunt, and Ms. 
    Hassan) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
             referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of 
   Veterans Affairs to provide or assist in providing an additional 
   vehicle adapted for operation by disabled individuals to certain 
                           eligible persons.

    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 ``Advancing Uniform Transportation 
Opportunities for Veterans Act'' or the ``AUTO for Veterans Act''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORITY OF THE SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS TO PROVIDE OR 
              ASSIST IN PROVIDING ADDITIONAL VEHICLES ADAPTED FOR 
              OPERATION BY DISABLED INDIVIDUALS TO CERTAIN ELIGIBLE 
              PERSONS.

    (a) In General.--Section 3903(a) of title 38, United States Code, 
is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``paragraph (2)'' and 
        inserting ``paragraphs (2) and (3)''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
    ``(3) The Secretary may provide or assist in providing an eligible 
person with an additional automobile or other conveyance under this 
chapter if 10 years have elapsed since the date on which the eligible 
person received the immediately previous such automobile, other 
conveyance, or assistance under this chapter.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--Paragraph (3) of subsection (a) of section 
3903 of title 38, United States Code, shall apply with respect to the 
provision of an additional automobile or other conveyance that occurs 
on or after October 1, 2021.
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