The Connecting Veterans to Care Act of 2025 expands federal funding for public transportation by making bus systems that serve Department of Veterans Affairs medical facilities eligible for federal operating cost grants, even if they're located in areas with fewer than 200,000 people. Currently, these grants are only available to transit systems in larger urbanized areas, which can leave veterans in smaller towns without adequate transportation to VA hospitals and clinics. Transit agencies receiving this new funding must certify within 30 days of receiving grants that they will use the money to operate routes serving VA facilities, and they must recertify annually or risk losing the funding. The bill amends the existing federal transit grant program under Title 49 of the U.S. Code and does not specify new appropriations, meaning it would redirect existing federal transportation dollars to support this new eligibility category.
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