Rural Veterans Transportation to Care Act

Bill: 118-hr-7504
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Perez, Marie Gluesenkamp [D-WA-3]
Introduced: 2024-02-29
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Latest action: action_date: 2024-03-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summaries:

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7504 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 29, 2024 Ms. Perez (for herself, Mr. Ciscomani , and Mr. Vasquez ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs 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.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Rural Veterans Transportation to Care Act . 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), by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (C) 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 for ADA-compliant 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 of such grant 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. ). ; (3) in subsection (c)— (A) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following: (1) Rural; highly rural The terms rural and highly rural have the meanings given such terms under the Rural-Urban Commuting Areas (RUCA) coding system of the Department of Agriculture. ; (B) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3); and (C) by inserting after paragraph (1), the following new paragraph: (2) Tribal organization The therm tribal organization has the meaning given such term in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act ( 25 U.S.C. 5304 ). ; and (4) in subsection (d), by striking $3,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2010 through 2014 and inserting such sums as may be necessary .