# 119-s-1951: RESCUE Act of 2025

119-s-1951, RESCUE Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX] (R-TX); status introduced (as of 2025-12-21).

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- As of: 2025-12-21
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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-1951
- Congress: 119
- Title: RESCUE Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-06-04
- Sponsor: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX] (R-TX)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-12-21

## Summary

**Preserve a dedicated Army aeromedical evacuation capability.** The RESCUE Act of 2025 would require the Army Medical Service Corps to maintain a distinct aeromedical evacuation force with assigned personnel, training, doctrine, and aircraft configured for aeromedical missions. - Service members and patients: Would keep the Medical Service Corps as the primary joint-service provider for intra-theater aeromedical evacuation and preserve medical command, patient-care responsibilities, and clinical standards under the Surgeon General. - Army aviation and force structure: Would require the aviation branch to organize, train, and equip AE assets and would bar restructuring AE into general-purpose or dual-use aviation without notifying congressional defense committees and providing a formal risk assessment and reports. This section would take effect 180 days after enactment. - Mission coverage: Would require the AE capability to support combatant commanders, contingency operations, civil authorities, chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear response, humanitarian assistance, and garrison emergency medical response operations.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT] (D-VT), 2025-09-15T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Protect Army aeromedical evacuation capability: benefit, medium. This bill would require the Secretary of the Army to keep a dedicated aeromedical evacuation (AE) capability in the Army Medical Service Corps. It would make Army aviation responsible for organizing, training, and equipping AE aircraft. The Army medical department, under the Surgeon General, would…

## Related bills

- 119-s-1071: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026
- 119-s-524: Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2025
- 119-s-3923: Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Reauthorization Act of 2026
- 119-s-4668: Protect College Sports Act of 2026
- 119-s-2975: PIPELINE Safety Act of 2025
- 119-s-278: Kids Off Social Media Act

## Sources
- [119-s-1951 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1951)

## Related
- [119-s-1071: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1071)
- [119-s-524: Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-524)
- [119-s-3923: Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Reauthorization Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3923)
- [119-s-4668: Protect College Sports Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4668)
- [119-s-2975: PIPELINE Safety Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2975)
- [119-s-278: Kids Off Social Media Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-278)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1951 (as of 2025-12-21).