3.0.0 150 2023-01-11T13:34:07Z 2023-01-11T13:34:07Z Senate S 2017-01-17 115 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-01-17T20:51:25Z Preventing Crimes Against Veterans Act of 2017 115 506 HR 2018-03-15 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Identical bill CRS 2017-01-17 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2017-01-17 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress R000595 Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] Marco Rubio R FL N N000032 Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] CLARENCE NELSON D FL WILLIAM 2017-02-16 False Crime and Law Enforcement Fraud offenses and financial crimes Military personnel and dependents Veterans' pensions and compensation Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2017-01-17 Introduced in Senate 2017-02-08T20:12:29Z Preventing Crimes Against Veterans Act of 2017

This bill amends the federal criminal code to declare that any person who knowingly engages in any scheme or artifice to defraud an individual of veterans' benefits, or in connection with obtaining veteran's benefits for that individual, shall be fined, imprisoned not more than five years, or both.

]]> Preventing Crimes Against Veterans Act of 2017 Display Title Preventing Crimes Against Veterans Act of 2017 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to provide an additional tool to prevent certain frauds against veterans, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Preventing Crimes Against Veterans Act of 2017 Introduced in Senate 2017-01-17T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s150is/xml/BILLS-115s150is.xml 2017-01-17 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. 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.