Requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to report to Congress on how its emergency management offices are organized and whether they should be consolidated, and to report on its Regional Readiness Centers' supplies and capacity, along with a report on barriers to fuel and resource sharing with FEMA.

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

Next stop Senate floor: awaiting a vote

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Senate

Introduced 14-JUL-2025

Referred 14-JUL-2025

Approved by committee 18-MAR-2026

Key points

Requires a VA report within 180 days on the roles of its emergency management offices and whether to consolidate them into one office
Requires a VA report within 180 days on inventory, costs, use, and capacity of its Regional Readiness Centers, disaggregated by center
Requires a VA report within 90 days on legal and practical limits that prevent FEMA from providing fuel or other resources to VA during emergencies

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Policy area

Armed Forces and National Security

Sponsor Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) Cosponsors · 2

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2 Democrats

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