HR 1912
· 119th Congress
· Armed Forces and National Security
Veteran Fraud Reimbursement Act of 2025
Latest action
Became Public Law No: 119-56.
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Dec 12, 2025
signed
Signed by President.
Dec 12, 2025
signed
Became Public Law No: 119-56.
Dec 03, 2025
sent
Presented to President.
Nov 20, 2025
committee
Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Veterans' Affairs Committee
Nov 20, 2025
passed
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Nov 20, 2025
passed
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8400)
Nov 20, 2025
floor
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
May 06, 2025
introduced
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Veterans' Affairs Committee
May 05, 2025
floor
Mr. Bergman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
May 05, 2025
floor
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1817-1819)
May 05, 2025
floor
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1912.
May 05, 2025
passed
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1817-1818: 1)
May 05, 2025
passed
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1817-1818)
May 05, 2025
passed
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Mar 27, 2025
committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee
Mar 06, 2025
introduced
Introduced in House
Mar 06, 2025
introduced
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Veterans' Affairs Committee
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Public Law
Dec 12, 2025
Veteran Fraud Reimbursement Act of 2025
This act modifies the procedures by which the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) reissues misused benefits to a beneficiary, including by requiring the VA to establish methods and timing with respect to determining whether an instance of misuse by a fiduciary is the result of negligence by the VA. The act also provides that if a beneficiary predeceases a reissuance, the VA must pay the amount to a surviving beneficiary in the same method as certain other VA benefits are paid upon the death of a beneficiary.
Under the act, the VA may not withhold the reissuing of a benefit payment by reason of a pending determination regarding the VA's negligence in relation to the instance of misuse by a fiduciary. Additionally, the VA is not required to make a determination regarding its negligence for each instance of misuse by a fiduciary of all or part of an individual's benefit paid to such fiduciary.
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Introduced in House
Mar 06, 2025
Veteran Fraud Reimbursement Act of 2025
This bill modifies the procedures by which the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) reissues misused benefits to a beneficiary, including by requiring the VA to establish methods and timing with respect to determining whether an instance of misuse by a fiduciary is the result of negligence by the VA. The bill also provides that if a beneficiary predeceases a reissuance, the VA must pay the amount to a surviving beneficiary in the same method as certain other VA benefits are paid upon the death of a beneficiary.
Under the bill, the VA may not withhold the reissuing of a benefit payment by reason of a pending determination regarding the VA's negligence in relation to the instance of misuse by a fiduciary. Additionally, the VA is not required to make a determination regarding its negligence for each instance of misuse by a fiduciary of all or part of an individual's benefit paid to such fiduciary.
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--- Engrossed (House)
+++ Enrolled
@@ -1,15 +1,20 @@
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
-[H.R. 1912 Engrossed in House (EH)]
+[H.R. 1912 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]
-<DOC>
+H.R.1912
-119th CONGRESS
-1st Session
-H. R. 1912
+One Hundred Nineteenth Congress
-_______________________________________________________________________
+of the
-AN ACT
+United States of America
+
+AT THE FIRST SESSION
+
+Begun and held at the City of Washington on Friday,
+the third day of January, two thousand and twenty-five
+
+An Act
To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the repayment by the
Secretary of Veterans Affairs of benefits misused by a fiduciary, and
@@ -17,15 +22,11 @@
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 ``Veteran Fraud Reimbursement Act of
2025''.
-
SEC. 2. IMPROVEMENT TO REPAYMENT BY SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS OF
CERTAIN MISUSED BENEFITS.
-
Section 6107 of title 38, United States Code, is amended to read as
follows:
``Sec. 6107. Reissuance of benefits
@@ -65,21 +66,7 @@
paragraph (1) for each instance of misuse by a fiduciary, of all or
part of an individual's benefit paid to such fiduciary.''.
-Passed the House of Representatives May 5, 2025.
+Speaker of the House of Representatives.
-Attest:
-
-Clerk.
-119th CONGRESS
-
-1st Session
-
-H. R. 1912
-
-_______________________________________________________________________
-
-AN ACT
-
-To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the repayment by the
-Secretary of Veterans Affairs of benefits misused by a fiduciary, and
-for other purposes.
+Vice President of the United States and
+President of the Senate.
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