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HR 2975 114th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Fraud offenses and financial crimes Veterans' pensions and compensation

Protect Veterans from Financial Fraud Act

Introduced: July 8, 2015 Introduced by: Brownley, Julia Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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Jul 17, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Jul 8, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Jul 8, 2015
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Protect Veterans from Financial Fraud Act

This bill states that, in any case not involving negligent failure by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to investigate or monitor a fiduciary that results in fiduciary misuse of benefits, but in which any fiduciary misuses all or part of an individual's benefit paid to the fiduciary, the VA shall pay to the beneficiary or the beneficiary's successor fiduciary an amount equal to the amount of the misused benefit.

What's happening now July 17, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.

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DeSaulnier, Mark
California · Jul 8, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2975: Protect Veterans from Financial Fraud Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-2975/
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"H.R. 2975: Protect Veterans from Financial Fraud Act." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-2975/.
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H.R. 2975, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-2975/.
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