S 2264 119th Congress Senate Armed Forces and National Security Congressional oversight Department of Homeland Security Department of Veterans Affairs Emergency planning and evacuation Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

Advancing VA’s Emergency Response to (AVERT) Crises Act of 2025

Introduced: July 14, 2025 Introduced by: Blumenthal, Richard Democratic · Connecticut See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps

Introduced

In committee

Reported out

Passed House

Passed Senate

To President

Became law

Mar 18, 2026

Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.

Dec 10, 2025

Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.

Jul 14, 2025

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

Jul 14, 2025

Introduced in Senate

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What's happening now March 18, 2026

Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.

Hearings & markups 2

Business meeting to consider S.342, to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize an individual who is awarded th…
Meeting Mar 18, 2026 · 4:00 PM EDT · Veterans' Affairs Committee
Hearings to examine S.342, to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize an individual who is awarded the Purple …
Meeting Dec 10, 2025 · 4:00 PM EST · Veterans' Affairs Committee

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Veterans' Affairs Committee
Senate

Lobbying activity 5

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

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Cosponsors 2

Padilla, Alex

California · Jul 16, 2025

Hirono, Mazie K.

Hawaii · Jul 14, 2025

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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2264: Advancing VA’s Emergency Response to (AVERT) Crises Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-2264/

MLA

"S. 2264: Advancing VA’s Emergency Response to (AVERT) Crises Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-2264/.

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S. 2264, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-2264/.

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