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S2264119th Congress

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

Sponsored By: Senator Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]

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Summary

Clarify and strengthen the VA's emergency management roles and regional supply readiness. This bill would require the VA Secretary to produce reports that map each office's roles, evaluate Regional Readiness Centers' inventories and capacity, and identify limits to coordination with FEMA.

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  • Veterans and families: Would generate information to help identify gaps in supplies and coordination during disasters so VA support can be targeted more effectively.
  • VA offices and staff: Requires a detailed description of normal and emergency organizational structures, recommendations to remove redundancies, and an analysis of consolidating emergency functions into a single office to improve accountability.
  • Regional Readiness Centers: Calls for center-by-center data on requests, materials distributed, current and expiring inventory, two-year inventory trends, operational costs, capacity for different emergency types, and any plans to realign centers.
  • FEMA and policymakers: Requires a separate report, after consulting FEMA, on legal or operational limits to FEMA providing fuel or other resources to the VA and whether Congressional action is needed to address coordination gaps.

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Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]

CT • D

Cosponsors

  • Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI]

    HI • D

    Sponsored 7/14/2025

  • Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 7/16/2025

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