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Connecting Veterans to Care Act of 2025
To amend title 49, United States Code, to provide eligibility for urbanized area formula grants for public transportation that services Department of Veterans Affairs medical facilities, and for other purposes.
Summary
The bill expands eligibility for federal public transportation grants to include transit systems that serve Department of Veterans Affairs medical facilities. Currently, such grants are primarily available only in urbanized areas with populations below 200,000; this bill adds transportation to VA medical facilities as an additional eligibility criterion. Recipients of these grants must certify that they will use the funds to operate public transportation to VA medical facilities, and the federal government can suspend funding if this requirement is not met.
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Sponsor (1)
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Thomas H. Kean’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- NULL $19,727
- VETERANS GUARDIAN $13,200
- ULINE $13,200
- BRODIE GENERATIONAL CAPITAL PARTNERS, $13,200
- TC SERVICES $13,200
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Thomas H. Kean → · Outside spending →
Actions (3)
- Nov 8, 2025 Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. · house
- Nov 7, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. · house
- Nov 7, 2025 Introduced in House
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Text versions (1)
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Full text
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
November 7, 2025
Mr. Kean introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
A BILL
To amend title 49, United States Code, to provide eligibility for urbanized area formula grants for public transportation that services Department of Veterans Affairs medical facilities, 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 “Connecting Veterans to Care Act of 2025”.
SEC. 2. ASSISTANCE FOR OPERATING COSTS FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION THAT SERVICES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL FACILITIES.
Section 5307 of title 49, United States Code, is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)(1)(D) by striking “public transportation in an urbanized area” and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting the following: “public transportation—
“(i) in an urbanized area with a population of fewer than 200,000 individuals, as determined by the Bureau of the Census; or
“(ii) that services a Department of Veterans Affairs medical facility.”;
(2) by redesignating subsection (h) as subsection (i); and
(3) by inserting after subsection (g) the following:
“(h) Certification of Use of Certain Funds.—
“(1) Certification.—The recipient of financial assistance described in subsection (a)(1)(D)(ii) shall, not later than the 30 days after the date on which the recipient first receives grant funds under this section, and each year thereafter, submit to the Secretary a certification that the operating costs will be used to provide public transportation that services a Department of Veterans Affairs medical facility.
“(2) Penalty.—If the Secretary finds that a recipient failed to provide transportation as certified to under paragraph (1) during a fiscal year, the Secretary shall suspend assistance provided under this section for such operating costs.”. <all>
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