AUTO for Veterans Act
- Last Action
- 4/28/2021
Actions
- 2021-04-28Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 117-137.
- 2021-02-25Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- 2021-02-25Introduced in Senate
CRS Summary
As of 2021-02-25 (00)
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.
Cosponsors (17)
- Joseph Manchin (D-WV)
- John Boozman (R-AR)
- Roy Blunt (R-MO)
- Maggie Hassan (D-NH)
- Shelley Capito (R-WV)
- Christopher Coons (D-DE)
- Rob Portman (R-OH)
- Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)
- Angus King (I-ME)
- Jacklyn Rosen (D-NV)
- Mazie Hirono (D-HI)
- Sherrod Brown (D-OH)
- Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
- Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)
- Gary Peters (D-MI)
- Bernard Sanders (I-VT)
- Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV)
Subjects
- Disability and paralysis
- Disability assistance
- Motor vehicles
- Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
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