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Senate bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced

DRIVE Act of 2025

S. 599Introduced Feb 13, 2025Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Official title: A bill 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: Sen. Peter Welch D-VT
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Where it went

Latest action: May 21, 2025 — Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 119-86.

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

19 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 17 Democrats, 1 independent

1 of 19 cosponsors (5%) are from the other party.

Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Michael Bennet (D-CO), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), John Fetterman (D-PA), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Angus King (I-ME), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Alex Padilla (D-CA), Mike Rounds (R-SD), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), Tina Smith (D-MN), Raphael Warnock (D-GA), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Ron Wyden (D-OR).

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Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Peter Welch.

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Data as of Oct 1, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.