HR 592 116th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Administrative remedies Department of Veterans Affairs Fraud offenses and financial crimes Mental health Veterans' pensions and compensation

Protect Veterans from Financial Fraud Act of 2019

Introduced: January 16, 2019 Introduced by: Brownley, Julia Democratic · California See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps

Introduced

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Passed House

Passed Senate

To President

Became law

Oct 22, 2019

Subcommittee Hearings Held.

Feb 8, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.

Jan 16, 2019

Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Jan 16, 2019

Introduced in House

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Protect Veterans from Financial Fraud Act of 2019

This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to pay a beneficiary (or beneficiary's successor fiduciary) the amount of the misused benefit when any fiduciary has misused all or part of an individual's benefit. Specifically, the bill requires this payment in any case not involving negligent failure by the VA to investigate or monitor a fiduciary but where a fiduciary misuses all or part of an individual's benefit. The bill removes the stipulation that the fiduciary (1) not be an individual, or (2) serve at least 10 beneficiaries for the VA to repay misused benefits.

An adverse determination by the VA of a veteran's mental capacity to manage VA monetary benefits may be appealed in accordance with provisions governing the Board of Veterans' Appeals and the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims.

What's happening now October 22, 2019

Subcommittee Hearings Held.

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