3.0.0 2316 2023-01-11T13:32:32Z 2023-01-11T13:32:32Z Senate S 2015-11-19 114 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Hearings by 2016-06-29T18:30:34Z Referred to 2015-11-19T21:13:37Z 2016-06-29 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-707. Committee 2015-11-19 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2015-11-19 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT N M000934 Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS] Jerry Moran R KS 2015-11-19 True B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2015-11-19 True Armed Forces and National Security Bank accounts, deposits, capital Fraud offenses and financial crimes Veterans' pensions and compensation Armed Forces and National Security 00 2015-11-19 Introduced in Senate 2015-12-14T19:15:01Z This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to reissue veterans benefits to a beneficiary in all cases of fiduciary misuse.

The VA shall pay the beneficiary or the successor fiduciary an amount equal to the misused benefits.

VA access to fiduciary-held financial accounts shall be increased by requiring any fiduciary to authorize the VA to obtain any financial record held by an institution regarding the fiduciary or the beneficiary whenever the VA determines that such record is necessary:

  • for the administration of a VA program; or
  • to safeguard the beneficiary's benefits against neglect, misappropriation, embezzlement, or fraud.
]]> A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to expand the requirements for reissuance of veterans benefits in cases of misuse of benefits by certain fiduciaries to include misuse by all fiduciaries, and to improve oversight of fiduciaries, and for other purposes. Display Title A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to expand the requirements for reissuance of veterans benefits in cases of misuse of benefits by certain fiduciaries to include misuse by all fiduciaries, and to improve oversight of fiduciaries, and for other purposes. Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to expand the requirements for reissuance of veterans benefits in cases of misuse of benefits by certain fiduciaries to include misuse by all fiduciaries, and to improve oversight of fiduciaries, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s2316is/xml/BILLS-114s2316is.xml 2016-06-29 Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-707. 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.