[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 119 (Monday, June 29, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3961-S3962]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2306. Mr. DAINES submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 2301 proposed by Mr. Inhofe to the bill S. 4049, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2021 for military activities 
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for 
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military 
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which 
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in title X, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. PENALTIES FOR REPRESENTING VETERANS AS AGENTS AND 
                   ATTORNEYS WITHOUT RECOGNITION BY SECRETARY OF 
                   VETERANS AFFAIRS.

       (a) In General.--Section 5905 of title 38, United States 
     Code, is amended to read as follows:

     ``Sec. 5905. Penalty for certain acts

       ``Whoever commits any of the following acts shall be fined 
     as provided in title 18, or imprisoned for not more than one 
     year, or both:
       ``(1) Acts or attempts to act as an agent (including as a 
     financial planner, benefits claim advisor, or benefits claim 
     prepper) or attorney for the preparation, presentation, or 
     prosecution of a claim under a law administered by the 
     Secretary--
       ``(A) without recognition by the Secretary as an agent or 
     attorney under section 5904 of this title; or
       ``(B) while suspended or excluded under subsection (b) of 
     such section.
       ``(2) The act of unlawfully withholding from any claimant 
     or beneficiary any part of a benefit or claim under the laws 
     administered by the Secretary that is allowed and due to the 
     claimant or beneficiary.''.

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       (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) 
     shall apply with respect to acts committed after the date 
     that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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