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S 3994 117th Congress Senate Armed Forces and National Security Fraud offenses and financial crimes Veterans' pensions and compensation

Restoring Benefits to Defrauded Veterans Act of 2022

Introduced: April 5, 2022 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed House
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To President
Became law
Jul 13, 2022
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.
Apr 5, 2022
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Apr 5, 2022
Introduced in Senate
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Restoring Benefits to Defrauded Veterans Act of 2022

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 July 13, 2022

Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 5966 Related bill Restoring Benefits to Defrauded Veterans Act
 Bill text 1 version

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Tuberville, Tommy
Alabama · Apr 5, 2022
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3994: Restoring Benefits to Defrauded Veterans Act of 2022. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-3994/
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"S. 3994: Restoring Benefits to Defrauded Veterans Act of 2022." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-3994/.
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S. 3994, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-3994/.
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