[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 150 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 150

To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide an additional tool to 
    prevent certain frauds against veterans, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 17, 2017

   Mr. Rubio introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide an additional tool to 
    prevent certain frauds against veterans, 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 ``Preventing Crimes Against Veterans 
Act of 2017''.

SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL TOOL TO PREVENT CERTAIN FRAUDS AGAINST VETERANS.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 47 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 1041. Fraud regarding veterans' benefits
    ``(a) Whoever 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 under 
this title, imprisoned for not more than 5 years, or both.
    ``(b) In this section--
            ``(1) the term `veteran' has the meaning given that term in 
        section 101 of title 38; and
            ``(2) the term `veterans' benefits' means any benefit 
        provided under Federal law for a veteran or a dependent or 
        survivor of a veteran.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for chapter 47 of 
title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following new item:

``1041. Fraud regarding veterans' benefits.''.
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