Stuck On Hold Act
Latest action · Nov 17, 2025 Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedNov 10, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Stuck On Hold Act
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to implement automated systems for their customer phone lines that inform callers of the expected wait time and that offer callbacks for wait times of more than 10 minutes. The VA must also issue guidance to reduce the average wait time to no more than 10 minutes.
Cosponsors 8
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 10, 2025 to Dec 2, 2025; 5 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-FL | Daniel Webster | Original | Nov 10, 2025 |
| R-WI | Derrick Van Orden | Original | Nov 10, 2025 |
| R-AZ | Juan Ciscomani | Original | Nov 10, 2025 |
| R-MP | Kimberlyn King-Hinds | Original | Nov 10, 2025 |
| R-MI | Tom Barrett | Original | Nov 10, 2025 |
| D-VA | Eugene Simon Vindman | Nov 17, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Josh Harder | Nov 18, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Josh Riley | Dec 2, 2025 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred Nov 10, 2025 |
| Economic Opportunity Subcommittee | Referred Nov 17, 2025 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 17, 2025Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
- Nov 10, 2025Introduced in House
- Nov 10, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Lists H4591H.R. 5992–6018 | — | Nov 10, 2025 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 190, November 10, 2025, page H4591.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 3170 | Stuck On Hold Act | Related bill | Apr 29, 2026 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- 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.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Stuck On Hold Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 10, 2025Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
