S 827
Cleared committee
Extends the Department of Veterans Affairs transportation grant program through fiscal year 2029 and lets Tribal organizations and Native Hawaiian organizations, not only state veterans agencies and veterans service organizations, receive grants that help veterans reach health care.
Official title: Supporting Rural Veterans Access to Healthcare Services Act
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Senate
Introduced
04-MAR-2025
Referred
04-MAR-2025
Approved by committee
30-JUL-2025
- Allows Tribal organizations and Native Hawaiian organizations to be eligible for grants under the VA transportation grant program
- Caps each grant at $50,000, with an increase of up to 50 percent for counties that have more than five communities off the road system
- Authorizes such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 2025 through 2029, replacing the prior $3,000,000 annual authorization that covered fiscal years 2010 through 2022
- Amends Section 307 of the Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act of 2010 and defines the new eligible organization terms by reference to existing federal statutes
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Armed Forces and National Security
■ 3 R■ 1 I
3 Republicans
1 Independent