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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: March 5, 2019 Introduced by: Brownley, Julia Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
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
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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.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 20
All 20 Democratic 17 Republican 2
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Panetta, Jimmy
California · Jul 31, 2020
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Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · Jul 9, 2020
 D
Carson, André
Indiana · Jun 26, 2020
 D
Case, Ed
Hawaii · Jun 24, 2020
 D
Scanlon, Mary Gay
Pennsylvania · Jun 22, 2020
 D
Beyer, Donald S.
Virginia · Feb 5, 2020
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Oct 15, 2019
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Castor, Kathy
Florida · Jul 25, 2019
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Pappas, Chris
New Hampshire · Mar 6, 2019
Gallagher, Mike
· Mar 5, 2019
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Pocan, Mark
Wisconsin · Mar 5, 2019
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Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Feb 26, 2019
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DeSaulnier, Mark
California · Feb 6, 2019
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Grothman, Glenn
Wisconsin · Feb 6, 2019
 D
Lieu, Ted
California · Feb 6, 2019
 D
Wilson, Frederica S.
Florida · Jan 30, 2019
 D
Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · Jan 28, 2019
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Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Jan 28, 2019
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Cole, Tom
Oklahoma · Jan 23, 2019
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jan 17, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 592: Protect Veterans from Financial Fraud Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-592/
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"H.R. 592: Protect Veterans from Financial Fraud Act of 2019." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-592/.
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H.R. 592, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-592/.
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