3.0.0 2975 2023-01-11T13:30:34Z 2023-01-11T13:30:34Z House HR 2015-07-08 114 [Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 105 (Wednesday, July 8, 2015)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. BROWNLEY of California:H.R. 2975.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8[Page H4956]]]> hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee House Standing hsvr09 Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee Referred to 2015-07-17T18:06:05Z Referred to 2015-07-08T14:03:20Z 2015-07-17 hsvr09 Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs. Committee 2015-07-08 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 2015-07-08 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2015-07-08 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress B001285 Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26] Julia Brownley D CA 26 N D000623 Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-11] Mark DeSaulnier D CA 11 2015-07-08 True Armed Forces and National Security Fraud offenses and financial crimes Veterans' pensions and compensation Armed Forces and National Security 00 2015-07-08 Introduced in House 2015-12-15T22:39:08Z Protect Veterans from Financial Fraud Act

This bill states that, in any case not involving negligent failure by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to investigate or monitor a fiduciary that results in fiduciary misuse of benefits, but in which any fiduciary misuses all or part of an individual's benefit paid to the fiduciary, the VA shall pay to the beneficiary or the beneficiary's successor fiduciary an amount equal to the amount of the misused benefit.

]]> Protect Veterans from Financial Fraud Act Display Title Protect Veterans from Financial Fraud Act Official Title as Introduced To amend title 38, United States Code, to ensure that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs repays the misused benefits of veterans with fiduciaries. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Protect Veterans from Financial Fraud Act Introduced in House 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114hr2975ih/xml/BILLS-114hr2975ih.xml 2015-07-17 Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.