S 1614 119th Congress Senate Armed Forces and National Security

AVIATE Act of 2025

Introduced: May 6, 2025 Introduced by: Cruz, Ted Republican · Texas See on congress.gov

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

May 6, 2025

Introduced in Senate

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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.

What's happening now May 6, 2025

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

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Veterans' Affairs Committee
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Lobbying activity 4

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Cosponsors 2

Budd, Ted

North Carolina · May 6, 2025

Sheehy, Tim

Montana · May 6, 2025

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1614: AVIATE Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1614/

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"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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