S 1726 119th Congress Senate Armed Forces and National Security Disability and health-based discrimination Motor vehicles Veterans' medical care

ASSIST Act of 2025

Introduced: May 13, 2025 Introduced by: Tuberville, Tommy Republican · Alabama See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps

Introduced

In committee

Reported out

Passed House

Passed Senate

To President

Became law

Mar 18, 2026

Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.

May 13, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

May 13, 2025

Introduced in Senate

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

What's happening now March 18, 2026

Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.

Committees of jurisdiction 1