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H.R. 1912: Veteran Fraud Reimbursement Act of 2025

119th Congress · introduced 2025-03-06 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Became Public Law No: 119-56.

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Official title

Veteran Fraud Reimbursement Act of 2025

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Veteran Fraud Reimbursement Act of 2025 This act modifies the procedures by which the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) reissues misused benefits to a beneficiary, including by requiring the VA to establish methods and timing with respect to determining whether an instance of misuse by a fiduciary is the result of negligence by the VA. The act also provides that if a beneficiary predeceases a reissuance, the VA must pay the amount to a surviving beneficiary in the same method as certain other VA benefits are paid upon the death of a beneficiary. Under the act, the VA may not withhold the reissuing of a benefit payment by reason of a pending determination regarding the VA's negligence in relation to the instance of misuse by a fiduciary. Additionally, the VA is not required to make a determination regarding its negligence for each instance of misuse by a fiduciary of all or part of an individual's benefit paid to such fiduciary.

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Veteran Fraud Reimbursement Act of 2025

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Sponsor: Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11] · 7 cosponsors

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Record fed-us-cong119-hr1912 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong119 · updated 2026-11-03 by psicol fed-bills