November 10, 2025
Mr. Calvert (for himself, Mr. Van Orden, Mr. Barrett, Mr. Ciscomani, Mr. Webster of Florida, and Ms. King-Hinds) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to implement automated systems with callback functionality for each customer service telephone line of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
Section 1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Stuck On Hold Act
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Sec. 2. Improvements regarding wait times for callers to certain service telephone lines of the Department of Veterans Affairs
(a) Automated system
Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall implement, for each covered line, an automated system that—
(1)
informs any caller to a covered line about the anticipated wait time, if any; and
(2)
automatically offers a callback to any such caller with an anticipated wait time of more than 10 minutes.
(b) Guidance regarding caller wait times
The Secretary shall issue such guidance the Secretary determines necessary to reduce the average wait time of a caller to a covered line to not more than 10 minutes.
(c) Covered line defined
In this section, the term covered line means a customer service telephone line of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Such term does not include—
(1)
the toll-free hotline for veterans provided by the Secretary under section 1720F(h) of title 38, United States Code; or
(2)
a phone line for the emergency department of a health care facility of the Department.