House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
DRIVE Act of 2025
Official title: To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the mileage rate offered by the Department of Veterans Affairs through their Beneficiary Travel program for health related travel, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Julia Brownley D-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 13, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 11, 2025 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1288.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. BROWNLEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 30, February 13, 2025, Page H710):Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 13, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 45 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1288, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1288
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of September 19, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
54 cosponsors — 7 Republicans, 47 Democrats
7 of 54 cosponsors (13%) are from the other party.
Becca Balint (D-VT), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), Janelle Bynum (D-OR), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Angie Craig (D-MN), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Danny Davis (D-IL), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), Jesús García (D-IL), Jared Golden (D-ME), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Harriet Hageman (R-WY), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Steven Horsford (D-NV), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), Val Hoyle (D-OR), Jonathan Jackson (D-IL), Sara Jacobs (D-CA), Timothy Kennedy (D-NY), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Mike Levin (D-CA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), LaMonica McIver (D-NJ) and 24 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Julia Brownley.
- H.R. 659 (119th) Veterans Law Judge Experience Act of 2025
- H.R. 658 (119th) To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish qualifications for the appointment of a person as a marriage and family therapist…
- H.J.Res. 144 (119th) Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of…
- H.R. 4876 (119th) Reproductive Freedom for Veterans Act
- H.R. 210 (119th) Dental Care for Veterans Act
- H.R. 211 (119th) Equal Access to Contraception for Veterans Act
Related bills
- S. 599 (119th) DRIVE Act of 2025Identical bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 24, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.