[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9282 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9282

To amend title 18, United States Code, to enhance penalties for certain 
       crimes committed against veterans, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 10, 2022

Mr. Burchett (for himself, Mr. Carson, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Buck, Mr. Steube, 
  Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. Bilirakis, Ms. Malliotakis, Mr. Garbarino, Ms. 
 Salazar, Mr. Gaetz, Mr. Budd, Mr. Moulton, Mr. Johnson of Louisiana, 
    Mr. Fallon, Ms. Underwood, Ms. Conway, Mr. C. Scott Franklin of 
 Florida, Mr. Chabot, and Mr. Reschenthaler) introduced the following 
       bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to enhance penalties for certain 
       crimes committed 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 ``Veterans Protection from Fraud 
Act''.

SEC. 2. ENHANCED PENALTIES FOR CERTAIN CRIMES AGAINST VETERANS.

    Section 2326(2) of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``or'' at the end;
            (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking the comma and 
        inserting ``; or''; and
            (3) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following:
                    ``(C) targeted veterans (as such term is defined in 
                section 101 of title 38) of any age,''.
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