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S1726Referred to Committee

ASSIST Act of 2025

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Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both
5
Signed into Law
119th
Congress
2025-05-13
Introduced
8
Cosponsors
S
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Type

Sponsor

Tommy Tuberville
Tommy Tuberville
Republican · AL · Senator
Votes with party: 75.3% (855 recorded votes)
Top industries funding sponsor:
  • Conservative Groups$1,774k

Full profile: /officials/T000278

Source: Congress.gov · FEC

Cosponsors (8)

Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.

  • Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI)· 2025-07-28
  • Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)· 2025-09-03
  • Jim Banks (R-IN)· 2025-09-10
  • Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)· 2025-09-16
  • Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)· 2026-02-02
  • Angus S. King Jr. (I-ME)· 2026-02-25
  • Mike Rounds (R-SD)· 2026-03-04
  • Elissa Slotkin (D-MI)· 2026-04-22

Latest Action

The most recent step in the bill's legislative path. Committee Activity below shows referrals and reports; the full action-by-action history including floor proceedings lives at Congress.gov →

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

2026-03-18

Source: Congress.gov

Committee Activity

Currently in

  • Senate Committee on Veterans' AffairsMarkup By · 2026-03-18

Previously

  • Veterans' Affairs CommitteeMarkup By · 2026-03-18
  • Veterans' Affairs CommitteeReferred To · 2025-05-13
  • Senate Committee on Veterans' AffairsReferred To · 2025-05-13

Plain-English 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.

Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.

Subjects

Armed Forces and National Security
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Open text viewRead on Congress.gov

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