House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Rural Veterans Transportation to Care Act
Official title: To expand and modify the grant program of the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide innovative transportation options to veterans in highly rural areas, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Marie Perez D-WAWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 27, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 27, 2025 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1733.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. PEREZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 39, February 27, 2025, Page H920):Article I of the U.S. ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 27, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 34 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1733, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1733
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 28, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of August 28, 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
20 cosponsors — 9 Republicans, 11 Democrats
9 of 20 cosponsors (45%) are from the other party.
Andy Barr (R-KY), Robert Bresnahan (R-PA), Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ), Donald Davis (D-NC), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), James Gallagher (R-CA), Jared Golden (D-ME), Josh Harder (D-CA), Steven Horsford (D-NV), Dusty Johnson (R-SD), David Joyce (R-OH), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Zachary Nunn (R-IA), Brittany Pettersen (D-CO), Kim Schrier (D-WA), Marilyn Strickland (D-WA), Gabe Vasquez (D-NM), Eugene Vindman (D-VA), George Whitesides (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Marie Perez.
- H.Res. 878 (119th) Disapproving the behavior of Representative Jesús G. Chuy García of Illinois.
- H.R. 1267 (119th) Water Systems PFAS Liability Protection Act
- H.R. 2220 (119th) PARA–EMT Act of 2025
- H.R. 4575 (119th) Jobs in the Woods Act
- H.R. 1889 (119th) Cutting Red Tape on Child Care Providers Act of 2025
- H.R. 447 (119th) Reliability for Ratepayers Act
Related bills
- S. 784 (119th) Rural Veterans Transportation to Care ActIdentical bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.