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Senate Bill 1726
119th Congress(2025-2026)
ASSIST Act of 2025
Introduced
Introduced
Introduced in Senate on May 13, 2025
Overview
Text
Introduced
May 13, 2025
Latest Action
Mar 18, 2026
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill
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Bill Number
1726
Congress
119
Policy Area
Armed Forces and National Security
Armed Forces and National Security
Primary focus of measure is military operations and spending, facilities, procurement and weapons, personnel, intelligence; strategic materials; war and emergency powers; veterans’ issues. Measures concerning alliances and collective security, arms sales and military assistance, or arms control may fall under International Affairs policy area.
Sponsorship by Party
Republican
Tommy Tuberville
Alabama
Democrat
Richard Blumenthal
Connecticut
Democrat
Mazie Hirono
Hawaii
Republican
Jim Banks
Indiana
Independent
Angus King
Maine
Democrat
Elissa Slotkin
Michigan
Democrat
Jeanne Shaheen
New Hampshire
Republican
Mike Rounds
South Dakota
Republican
Marsha Blackburn
Tennessee
Senate Votes (0)
House Votes (0)
No Senate votes have been held for this bill.
Summary

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.

Text (1)
Introduced in Senate
May 13, 2025
Related Bills (1)
May 19, 2025
Passed House
8
Sponsorship
House Bill 1364
Automotive Support Services to Improve Safe Transportation Act of 2025
Active
Type
Identical Bill
Identical Bill
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Identified By
CRS
Actions (3)
03/18/2026
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
05/13/2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
05/13/2025
Introduced in Senate
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S.1726 119 A bill to amend title 38 United States Code to clarify that the Department of Veterans Aff
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