Senate bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
Servicemembers and Veterans Empowerment and Support Act of 2025
Official title: A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to expand health care and benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs for military sexual trauma, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen. Richard Blumenthal D-CTWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 1, 2025
- Committee actionJul 30, 2025
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 30, 2025 — Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1245.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1245, Servicemembers and Veterans Empowerment and Support Act of 2025” on February 6, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on July 30, 2025”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 6, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62056
- CBO publication date
- February 6, 2026
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1245, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/s/1245
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 16, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of September 16, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 1245, last updated September 16, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 24, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
15 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 12 Democrats, 1 independent
2 of 15 cosponsors (13%) are from the other party.
Cory Booker (D-NJ), John Boozman (R-AR), Christopher Coons (D-DE), John Fetterman (D-PA), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), John Hickenlooper (D-CO), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Angus King (I-ME), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Patty Murray (D-WA), Jon Ossoff (D-GA), Adam Schiff (D-CA), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Richard Blumenthal.
- S. 610 (119th) Ensuring VetSuccess On Campus Act of 2025
- S.Res. 124 (119th) A resolution recognizing the 250th anniversary of the United States Marine Corps.
- S.Res. 936 (119th) A resolution designating October 8, 2026, as "National Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Day".
- S. 2682 (119th) Captain Paul W. 'Bud' Bucha VA Medical Center Act of 2025
- S.Res. 197 (119th) A resolution commending and congratulating the University of Connecticut's women's basketball team for winning the 2025 National…
- S.Res. 223 (119th) A resolution commending and congratulating the Trinity College men's basketball team for winning the 2025 National Collegiate Athletic…
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.