H.R. 5819: Autonomy for Disabled Veterans Act

117th Congress · introduced 2021-11-02 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Subcommittee Hearings Held.

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Where it came from: introduced 2021-11-02 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Lawson, Al, Jr. [D-FL-5] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
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Official title

Autonomy for Disabled Veterans Act

Plain summary

Autonomy for Disabled Veterans Act This bill increases the maximum amount authorized under the Home Improvements and Structural Alterations (HISA) grant program to $10,000 for veterans with a service-connected disability and $5,000 for those with disabilities that are not service-connected. The HISA grant program provides medically necessary improvements and structural alterations to veterans' (or service members') primary residence for specified purposes (e.g., allowing for entrance to their home). The bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to increase the dollar amount of the grant in accordance with inflation as determined by the Consumer Price Index.

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Official text

Autonomy for Disabled Veterans Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Lawson, Al, Jr. [D-FL-5] · 90 cosponsors

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Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Dina Titus (D-NV), Gwen Moore (D-WI), John B. Larson (D-CT), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Scott H. Peters (D-CA), Marilyn Strickland (D-WA), André Carson (D-IN), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Melanie A. Stansbury (D-NM), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Kat Cammack (R-FL), Don Bacon (R-NE), Dan Newhouse (R-WA), Andrew R. Garbarino (R-NY), Stephanie I. Bice (R-OK), Young Kim (R-CA), John H. Rutherford (R-FL), David G. Valadao (R-CA), Randy Feenstra (R-IA), Michael R. Turner (R-OH), Elise M. Stefanik (R-NY), Julia Letlow (R-LA), William R. Timmons IV (R-SC), Daniel Meuser (R-PA), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Byron Donalds (R-FL), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Scott Franklin (R-FL), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Ed Case (D-HI), Tim Walberg (R-MI), Joe Neguse (D-CO), John R. Moolenaar (R-MI), Lisa C. McClain (R-MI), Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Trent Kelly (R-MS) and 30 more.

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
Congress.gov
Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-117hr5819.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/117/hr>

Record fed-us-cong117-hr5819 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117