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Autonomy for All 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.
Summary
This bill increases the amount the Department of Veterans Affairs pays disabled veterans for home improvements and structural alterations needed for home health services. The bill raises one benefit limit from $6,800 to $10,000 and another limit from $2,000 to $10,000. The increased benefit amounts apply to veterans who first apply for these benefits on or after the date of enactment. The bill also establishes an annual inflation adjustment mechanism, requiring the VA to increase the dollar amounts each fiscal year based on changes in residential home construction costs. Veterans who already exhausted their benefits before the bill's enactment are not entitled to receive additional benefits under the new amounts.
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Sponsor (1)
9 cosponsors
- Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] (R-PA)
- Rep. García, Jesús G. "Chuy" [D-IL-4] (D-IL)
- Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-18] (D-CA)
- Rep. Malliotakis, Nicole [R-NY-11] (R-NY)
- Rep. Mills, Cory [R-FL-7] (R-FL)
- Rep. Pettersen, Brittany [D-CO-7] (D-CO)
- Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-39] (D-CA)
- Rep. Vindman, Eugene Simon [D-VA-7] (D-VA)
- Rescom. Hernández, Pablo Jose [D-PR-At Large] (D-PR)
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Eric Sorensen’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- MARQUIS MANAGEMENT INC. $21,800
- CLIFFORD LAW OFFICES $14,950
- NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY $14,490
- BAIN CAPITAL $13,200
- NULL $12,400
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Eric Sorensen → · Outside spending →
Actions (3)
- Dec 8, 2025 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. · house
- May 8, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. · house
- May 8, 2025 Introduced in House
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Full text
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 8, 2025
Mr. Sorensen (for himself, Mr. Takano, and Ms. Malliotakis) 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 All 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.—Paragraph (2) of section 1717(a) of title 38, United States Code, is amended—
(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 “$10,000”.
(b) Effective Date.—The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to a veteran who first applies for benefits under section 1717(a)(2) of title 38, United States Code, on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(c) Applicability.—A veteran who exhausts such veteran’s eligibility for benefits under section 1717(a)(2) of title 38, United States Code, 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.
Section 1717(a) of title 38, United States Code, is further amended by adding at the end the following:
“(4) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), on the first day of each fiscal year, the Secretary shall increase the dollar amounts in effect under subsection (a)(2) by a percentage equal to the percentage by which the residential home cost of construction index established under section 2102(e)(3) of this title increased during the previous fiscal year. In the event that such 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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