[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5957 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5957

   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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 7, 2025

   Mr. Kean introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 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.''.
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