Official Summaries

Deliver for Veterans Act

This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to include delivery costs when paying the full purchase price of an automobile or other conveyance for certain disabled veterans or members of the Armed Forces. Currently, the VA must pay the lesser of (1) $26,417.20 (adjusted annually for inflation), or (2) the full purchase price associated with providing an automobile or other conveyance to such individuals (not including delivery costs).

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 877 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 877


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 8, 2025

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 AN ACT


 
 To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand the authority of the 
   Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide or assist in providing a 
   vehicle adapted for operation by a disabled individual to certain 
 eligible persons, by paying expenses associated with the delivery of 
                 such vehicle, 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 ``Deliver for Veterans Act''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORITY OF THE SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS TO PAY COSTS 
              ASSOCIATED WITH THE DELIVERY OF AN ADAPTIVE VEHICLE TO AN 
              ELIGIBLE PERSON.

    Section 3902(a) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ``by paying the total purchase price of the automobile or 
other conveyance'' and inserting ``by paying the total purchase price 
of the automobile or other conveyance, and the total shipping price to 
deliver the automobile or other conveyance to the veteran''.

SEC. 3. EXTENSION OF CERTAIN LIMITATION OF PENSION PAYMENTS.

    Section 5503(d)(7) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ``November 30, 2031'' and inserting ``March 31, 2032''.

            Passed the House of Representatives April 7, 2025.

            Attest:

                                             KEVIN F. MCCUMBER,

                                                                 Clerk.