Veteran Fraud Reimbursement Act of 2025
Cosponsors (7)
Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.
Latest Action
The most recent step in the bill's legislative path. Committee Activity below shows referrals and reports; the full action-by-action history including floor proceedings lives at Congress.gov →
Committee Activity
Currently in
- Senate Committee on Veterans' AffairsDischarged From · 2025-11-20
- House Committee on Veterans' AffairsReferred To · 2025-03-06
Previously
- Veterans' Affairs CommitteeDischarged From · 2025-11-20
- Veterans' Affairs CommitteeReferred To · 2025-05-06
- Senate Committee on Veterans' AffairsReferred To · 2025-05-06
- Veterans' Affairs CommitteeReferred To · 2025-03-06
Plain-English Summary
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.
Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.