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Autonomy for Disabled Veterans Act

To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the amount paid by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to veterans for improvements and structural alterations furnished as part of home health services.

Introduced Mar 21, 2025

Latest action (Apr 4, 2025) Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Referred to
Veterans' Affairs Committee
Policy area
Armed Forces and National Security
Issues
Civil RightsDefense

Summary
  • Increases the amount the Department of Veterans Affairs pays for improvements and structural alterations for disabled veterans from $6,800 to $10,000.
  • Increases the amount paid for certain home modifications from $2,000 to $5,000.
  • Applies these increased amounts to veterans who first apply for benefits on or after the date of enactment.
  • Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to adjust the payment amounts annually based on inflation using the Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
17 cosponsors

Money behind the sponsor

Top reported contributors to Don Bacon’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.

  • Employer not reported $91,070
  • TENASKA $33,900
  • SANDHILLS PUBLISHING $19,800
  • COX ENTERPRISES $18,000
  • CALVERT SYSTEMS $17,180

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Don Bacon → · Outside spending →

Actions (3)
  1. Apr 4, 2025 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. · house
  2. Mar 21, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. · house
  3. Mar 21, 2025 Introduced in House

Similar bills (6)

Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.

  • S 1644 — Autonomy for Disabled Veterans Act · Introduced May 7, 2025 · Cong. 119 82%
  • HR 3014 — To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make grants to entities that furnish services to homeless veterans. · Introduced May 12, 2025 · Cong. 119 80%
  • HR 2576 — Servicemembers and Veterans Empowerment and Support Act of 2025 · Introduced Apr 9, 2025 · Cong. 119 80%
  • HR 1960 — Simplifying Veterans Assistance Act of 2025 · Introduced Apr 9, 2025 · Cong. 119 78%
  • HR 984 — To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide timely equitable relief to an individual who suffers a loss based on an administrative error by the Secretary, and for other purposes. · Introduced Jun 11, 2025 · Cong. 119 78%
  • HR 1656 — PLUS for Veterans Act of 2025 · Introduced Mar 3, 2025 · Cong. 119 78%

Text versions (1)
  • Introduced in House · Mar 21, 2025

Only one text version is on file, so there’s no earlier version to compare against yet.

Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

March 21, 2025

Mr. Bacon introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs

A BILL

To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the amount paid by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to veterans for improvements and structural alterations furnished as part of home health services.

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 “Autonomy for Disabled Veterans Act”.

SEC. 2. INCREASE IN AMOUNT AVAILABLE TO DISABLED VETERANS FOR IMPROVEMENTS AND STRUCTURAL ALTERATIONS FURNISHED AS PART OF HOME HEALTH SERVICES.

(a) Increase.—Section 1717 of title 38, United States Code, is amended, in paragraph (2) of subsection (a)—

(1) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by striking “$6,800” and inserting “$10,000”; and

(2) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking “$2,000” and inserting “$5,000”.

(b) Applicability.—The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply to a veteran who first applies for benefits under such paragraph on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.

(c) Clarification.—A veteran who exhausted the eligibility of such veteran for benefits under such paragraph before the date of the enactment of this Act is not entitled to additional benefits under such section by reason of the amendments made by subsection (a).

SEC. 3. ADJUSTMENT FOR INFLATION.

Such subsection is further amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:

“(4) On an annual basis, the Secretary shall increase the dollar amount in effect under subsection (a)(2) by a percentage equal to the percentage by which the Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers (United States city average) increased during the 12-month period ending with the last month for which Consumer Price Index data is available. In the event that such Consumer Price Index does not increase during such period, the Secretary shall maintain the dollar amount in effect under subsection (a)(2) during the previous fiscal year.”. <all>

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