Restoring Benefits to Defrauded Veterans Act became law 529 days after introduction, with cosponsors split almost evenly between the parties
IntroducedJun 15, 2023
ReportedDec 5, 2023
Passed one chamberSep 17, 2024
Passed bothSep 25, 2024
LawNov 25, 2024
What it changes · CRS summary
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 67 words.
Restoring Benefits to Defrauded Veterans Act This act requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to pay certain reissued benefits (i.e., benefits that were misused by a fiduciary) to a beneficiary's estate in situations where a beneficiary predeceases a payment. The VA must pay such benefits to an individual or entity in the existing manner that other VA benefits are paid after the death of a beneficiary.
Context
- Committees
- House Veterans' Affairs Committee
- Policy area
- Armed Forces and National Security: 268 of 6,567 bills became law, 113th–118th (4.1%)
- Sponsor
- 5 of 91 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 6, from enrolled bill to public law · 399 words
- Subjects
- Fraud offenses and financial crimesVeterans' pensions and compensation
- Latest action
- Nov 25, 2024: Became Public Law No: 118-114.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
Exhibit 1Passage odds band at each stage, rated when the bill reached it [4]
Related bills · 1
Each bill appears once, under its strongest link. 1 in all.
Related, per CRS or House · 1
- 118th S. 263 Restoring Benefits to Defrauded Veterans Act of 2023 D · Introduced
Exhibit 2Articles naming the bill per day, last 90 days, US sources [3]