[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1357 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1357

  To amend title 38, United States Code, to limit the designation of 
certain Department of Veterans Affairs employees as beneficiaries under 
        Veterans' Group Life Insurance, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 13, 2015

 Mr. Coffman introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 38, United States Code, to limit the designation of 
certain Department of Veterans Affairs employees as beneficiaries under 
        Veterans' Group Life Insurance, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Veterans Beneficiary Fraud 
Enforcement Act''.

SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON DESIGNATION OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 
              EMPLOYEES AS BENEFICIARIES OF INSURED'S VETERANS' GROUP 
              LIFE INSURANCE.

    (a) Limitation on Designation of Beneficiaries.--
            (1) In general.--Subsection (d) of section 1977 of title 
        38, United States Code, is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``Any amount'' and inserting ``(1) 
                Any amount''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following new 
                paragraph:
    ``(2) An insured under Veterans' Group Life Insurance may not 
designate as a beneficiary for such insurance any employee of the 
Department who is in a position of trust with the insured, as 
determined by the Secretary, including any doctor, caregiver, or 
caseworker working directly with the insured, unless such employee is 
the spouse, child, parent, or other next of kin of the insured.''.
            (2) Applicability.--Paragraph (2) of subsection (d) of 
        section 1977 of title 38, United States Code, shall apply with 
        respect to Veterans' Group Life Insurance issued on or after 
        the date of the enactment of this Act.
    (b) Reporting of Suspected Beneficiary Fraud.--Such section is 
further amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(i) The Secretary shall refer to an appropriate legal authority 
any incident of suspected or alleged fraud relating to the designation 
of any beneficiary under any Veterans' Group Life Insurance.''.
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