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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 See on congress.gov
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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
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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 November 29, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Republican 1
Mooney, Alexander
· Aug 19, 2022
Keller, Fred
· Dec 8, 2021
 R
Emmer, Tom
Minnesota · Nov 12, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5966: Restoring Benefits to Defrauded Veterans Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5966/
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"H.R. 5966: Restoring Benefits to Defrauded Veterans Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5966/.
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H.R. 5966, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5966/.
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