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A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide criminal penalties for individuals acting as agents or attorneys for the preparation, presentation, or prosecution of a claim under a law…

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A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide criminal penalties for individuals acting as agents or attorneys for the preparation, presentation, or prosecution of a claim under a law administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs without being recognized by the Secretary for such purposes, and for other purposes.

Introduced: July 31, 2019 Introduced by: Daines, Steve Republican · Montana See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Jul 31, 2019
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill requires a penalty when a person acts (or tries to act) as an agent or attorney for a veteran's benefit claim without recognition by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) as an agent or attorney, or while such person is suspended or excluded from practice by the VA.

What's happening now July 31, 2019

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

 Bill text 1 version

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Ernst, Joni
Iowa · Nov 19, 2019
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2407: A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide criminal penalties for individuals acting as agents or attorneys for the preparation, presentation, or prosecution of a claim under a law administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs without being recognized by the Secretary for such purposes, and for other purposes.. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-2407/
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"S. 2407: A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide criminal penalties for individuals acting as agents or attorneys for the preparation, presentation, or prosecution of a claim under a law administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs without being recognized by the Secretary for such purposes, and for other purposes.." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-2407/.
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S. 2407, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-2407/.
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[S. 2407: A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide criminal penalties for individuals acting as agents or attorneys for the preparation, presentation, or prosecution of a claim under a law administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs without being recognized by the Secretary for such purposes, and for other purposes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-2407/)
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