Create an independent Office of the National Veterans' Advocate within the Department of Veterans Affairs, led by a National Veterans' Advocate who reports directly to the VA Secretary.

Rudy Yakym III · Indiana · Republican

policy impact 0.75 specificity 0.88 extraction confidence 92%

Commitment kind: unknown. Promised action: not established. Promised outcome: not established. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired.

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The bill would replace the Office of Patient Advocacy with an independent Office of the National Veterans' Advocate and provide that the National Veterans' Advocate shall report directly to the Secretary.

Yakym's bill commits to restructuring VA patient advocacy into an independent National Veterans' Advocate office reporting directly to the Secretary.

H.R.2970 - National Veterans Advocate Act of 2025 | Congress.gov
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Evidence

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Congress.gov lists Rep. Rudy Yakym as sponsor of H.R. 2970, introduced April 17, 2025. The latest action is May 12, 2025: referred to the Subcommittee on Health. The tracker status remains Introduced.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Yakym took concrete legislative action in the current Congress, but the bill has not advanced beyond committee referral, so the office has not been created by this bill.

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H.R.2970 - National Veterans Advocate Act of 2025 | Congress.gov
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The U.S. Code text in effect on August 6, 2026 still titles section 7309A as Office of Patient Advocacy and places it within the Office of the Under Secretary for Health, with the Director reporting to the Under Secretary for Health.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Current statutory text does not reflect creation of an independent Office of the National Veterans' Advocate led by a National Veterans' Advocate reporting directly to the VA Secretary.

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38 USC 7309A: Office of Patient Advocacy
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Yakym sponsored H.R. 2970, the National Veterans Advocate Act of 2025, which directly matches the promised VA Office of the National Veterans' Advocate structure. However, the bill remains at the introduced/committee-referral stage and current statutory text still reflects the existing Office of Patient Advocacy reporting through VA health leadership, not an independent office reporting to the VA Secretary. Because Yakym is still serving in the relevant federal office and the current Congress is not over, the promise is not delivered but remains pending rather than finally failed.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 93%