Require the VA to employ at least one veteran advocate for every 12,000 enrolled veterans in each Veterans Integrated Service Network area.

The bill requires each Deputy National Veterans' Advocate to ensure that the Department employs at least one veteran advocate for every 12,000 veterans in the VISN area who are enrolled in the VA patient enrollment system.

The bill sets a staffing ratio for veteran advocates across each VISN area.

H.R.2970 - National Veterans Advocate Act of 2025 | Congress.gov
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“(2) The Deputy National Veterans’ Advocate for a VISN shall ensure that for the geographic area served by that VISN, the Department employs at least one veteran advocate for every 12,000 veterans who reside in such area and are enrolled in the patient enrollment system under section 1705 of this title.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Yakym introduced H.R. 2970, whose text contains the promised one-veteran-advocate-per-12,000-enrolled-veterans staffing requirement for each VISN area.

unresolved same_term A for effort

H.R.2970 - National Veterans Advocate Act of 2025 | Congress.gov
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Latest Action: House - 05/12/2025 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Congress.gov shows the bill remained at the introduced/subcommittee referral stage, with no passage, presidential action, or enactment recorded as of the refresh date.

unresolved same_term A for effort

H.R.2970 - National Veterans Advocate Act of 2025 | Congress.gov
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employs at least one veteran advocate for every 12,000 veterans

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): Official introduced bill text contains the promised staffing ratio, showing a concrete legislative attempt by Yakym, but not enactment.

unresolved same_term A for effort

H.R. 2970 (IH) - National Veterans Advocate Act of 2025
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Latest action (May 12, 2025) Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): Recent bill tracking still shows H.R. 2970 stopped at subcommittee referral, with no passage or enactment found in the October 12-14, 2026 lookback window.

unresolved same_term A for effort

HR 2970 — National Veterans Advocate Act of 2025 — CivicGate
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