S599-119

In Committee

DRIVE Act of 2025

119th Congress Introduced Feb 13, 2025

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, DRIVE Act of 2025, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators. The main policy domain is Government Operations, Veterans Affairs, Defense.

Who Benefits and How

federal agencies and legislative administrators may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section H3F4CB4B9D9ED48A58F8844E5CDFF9977: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Driver Reimbursement Increase for Veteran Equity Act of 2025 or the DRIVE Act of 2025.
  • Section HB4853F4D0C5445B7826FFFEBBE7D17DB: 2. Payments or allowances by Department of Veterans Affairs for beneficiary travel Subsection (g) of section 111 of title 38, United States Code, is amended to...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, DRIVE Act of 2025, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.

Key Policy Areas

Government Operations, Veterans Affairs, Defense

Primary Purpose

This bill, DRIVE Act of 2025, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.

Policy Domains

Government Operations Veterans Affairs Defense

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • federal agencies and legislative administrators
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federal agencies and legislative administrators:
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
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federal implementing agencies:

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
May 21, 2025

Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 119-86.

Feb 13, 2025

Mr. Welch (for himself, Mr. Padilla, Ms. Cortez Masto, Ms. …

Feb 13, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Feb 13, 2025

Introduced in Senate

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Government Operations Veterans Affairs Defense
Actor Mappings
"the_secretary"
→ The Secretary identified in the operative section
"the_administrator"
→ The Administrator identified in the operative section

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