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<dc:title>118 S2503 IS: Veterans Protection from Fraud Act</dc:title>
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<dc:date>2023-07-26</dc:date>
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<distribution-code display="yes">II</distribution-code><congress>118th CONGRESS</congress><session>1st Session</session><legis-num>S. 2503</legis-num><current-chamber>IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES</current-chamber><action><action-date date="20230726">July 26, 2023</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="S385">Ms. Cortez Masto</sponsor> (for herself and <cosponsor name-id="S417">Mr. Budd</cosponsor>) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the <committee-name committee-id="SSJU00">Committee on the Judiciary</committee-name></action-desc></action><legis-type>A BILL</legis-type><official-title>To amend title 18, United States Code, to enhance penalties for certain crimes committed against veterans, and for other purposes.</official-title></form><legis-body style="OLC" display-enacting-clause="yes-display-enacting-clause" id="HD942EF7246804F6BB703A04151D73B62"><section section-type="section-one" id="HB9C4E37E2F604D2E8847AD1C5BCB9B12"><enum>1.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Veterans Protection from Fraud Act</short-title></quote>.</text></section><section id="HEF8C59AEDCE14B559F2696C8C2980DD8"><enum>2.</enum><header>Enhanced penalties for certain crimes against veterans</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2326(2) of title 18, United States Code, is amended—</text><paragraph id="H29BF4FD7D58A4D93A864F2190DBD87CF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H7B5FF04720C44FAD85A6A52BE90E2C1C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking the comma and inserting <quote>; or</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HD2456579C2D145DF9E5D2927C6773DCE"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following:</text><quoted-block style="USC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H50F0159533E44B348F0C57AE291E6437"><subparagraph id="HB4B9826B31A3408D98004A75B3F22FFB"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">targeted veterans (as such term is defined in section 101 of title 38) of any age,</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section></legis-body></bill> 

