GUARD VA Benefits Act
Official title: To amend title 38, United States Code, to reinstate penalties for persons charging veterans unauthorized fees relating to claims for benefits under the laws ad… Show full official titleShow less
Official title: To amend title 38, United States Code, to reinstate penalties for persons charging veterans unauthorized fees relating to claims for benefits under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
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Committee Hearings Held
Governing Unaccredited Representatives Defrauding VA Benefits Act or the GUARD VA Benefits Act
This bill imposes fines on individuals for soliciting, contracting for, charging, or receiving any unauthorized fee or compensation with respect to the preparation, presentation, or prosecution of any claim for Department of Veterans Affairs benefits. The attempted commission of such offenses is also punishable by fine.
- Introduced in House Formatted Text PDF Formatted XML
- NATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF VETERANS' ADVOCATES, INC.
- AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD
- AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE
- MEHLMAN CONSULTING, INC.
- HUMANA, INC.
- PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA
Bodies those filers lobbied
- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
- SENATE
- Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
- Defense, Dept of (DOD)
- Labor, Dept of (DOL)
- Office of Management & Budget (OMB)
- Veterans Employment & Training Service
- Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)
Cite this page
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1732: GUARD VA Benefits Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1732/
"H.R. 1732: GUARD VA Benefits Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1732/.
H.R. 1732, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1732/.
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