HR 5966
117th Congress
House
Armed Forces and National Security
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Veterans' pensions and compensation
Restoring Benefits to Defrauded Veterans Act
Introduced: November 12, 2021
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 29, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Nov 12, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Nov 12, 2021
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Restoring Benefits to Defrauded Veterans Act
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to pay certain reissued benefits (i.e., benefits that were misused by a fiduciary) to a beneficiary's estate in situations where a beneficiary predeceases a payment.
The VA must pay such benefits to an individual or entity in the following order: the estate of the beneficiary, a successor fiduciary serving the beneficiary when the beneficiary died, or the next inheritor determined by a court of competent jurisdiction.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Committees of jurisdiction
2
Cosponsors
1