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    <item congress="119" measure-type="hr" measure-number="1732" measure-id="id119hr1732" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2025-02-27" update-date="2025-04-08">
        <title>GUARD VA Benefits Act</title>
        <summary summary-id="id119hr1732v00" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2025-04-08">
            <action-date>2025-02-27</action-date>
            <action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
            <summary-text><![CDATA[<p><strong>Governing Unaccredited Representatives Defrauding VA Benefits Act or the GUARD VA Benefits Act</strong></p> <p>This bill imposes fines on individuals for soliciting, contracting for, charging, or receiving any unauthorized fee or compensation with respect to the preparation, presentation, or prosecution of any claim for Department of Veterans Affairs benefits. The attempted commission of such offenses is also punishable by fine.</p>]]></summary-text>
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