Requires the VA to make veteran-facing calls from one well-known phone number with caller ID that identifies the VA, and to staff call centers in six U.S. time zones for health care appointment and referral questions.

• Requires calls by VA employees or contractors about veterans' services or benefits to come from a single, well-known telephone number with VA caller identification branding, starting January 1, 2026
• Requires the Veterans Health Administration to have at least one call center in each of six time zones: Eastern, Central, Mountain, Pacific, Alaska, and Hawaii, to address health care appointment and referral concerns, starting January 1, 2026
• Excuses the Secretary from the call center requirement for locations in a time zone that does not follow daylight time
• Adds the new section 6321 to chapter 63 of title 38, United States Code, and cites it in the table of sections; the bill is known as the Representing VA with Accuracy Act or REP VA Act

• Veterans' Affairs Committee (Senate)

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