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This bill would amend title 38, united states code, to improve the repayment by the secretary of veterans affairs of...
Congressional Summary
Veteran Fraud Reimbursement Act of 2025This 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.
Details
- Congress
- 119th
- Chamber
- Status
- became law
- Action
- Action Date
- 2025-12-12
- Date Added
- Source
- Congress.gov →
Record d64bab2f-1e73-4633-aa01-1b5bed600245 · JSON
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