Rural Veterans Transportation to Care Act

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7504 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7504

 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.


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                    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

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                                 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.

    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 ``Rural Veterans Transportation to 
Care Act''.

SEC. 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''.
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