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S. 1614 119th Congress Senate

AVIATE Act of 2025

Official title: A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to approve a rehabilitation program for certain veterans with serv… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to approve a rehabilitation program for certain veterans with service-connected disabilities that include the pursuit of non-degree flight training programs, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 6, 2025 Introduced by: Ted Cruz Republican · Texas See on congress.gov
Armed Forces and National Security
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May 6, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
May 6, 2025
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Authorizing Vocational and Instructional Aviation Training for Eligible Veterans Act of 2025 or the AVIATE Act of 2025

This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to approve nondegree flight training courses for certain veterans with service-connected disabilities as part of the VA’s vocational rehabilitation programs under the Veteran Readiness and Employment (VR&E) program. Generally, the VR&E program provides job training and other employment-related services to veterans with service-connected disabilities, including long-term employment training courses.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 913 Streamlining Aviation for Eligible Veterans Act of 2025
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Budd, Ted
North Carolina · May 6, 2025
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Sheehy, Tim
Montana · May 6, 2025
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1614: AVIATE Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1614/
MLA
"S. 1614: AVIATE Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1614/.
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S. 1614, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1614/.
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[S. 1614: AVIATE Act of 2025](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1614/)
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