S 892 119th Congress Senate Armed Forces and National Security Administrative remedies Department of Veterans Affairs Fraud offenses and financial crimes Veterans' pensions and compensation

Veteran Fraud Reimbursement Act of 2025

Introduced: March 6, 2025 Introduced by: Hirono, Mazie K. Democratic · Hawaii See on congress.gov

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Mar 11, 2025

Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.

Mar 6, 2025

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

Mar 6, 2025

Introduced in Senate

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Veteran Fraud Reimbursement Act of 2025

This bill modifies the procedures by which the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) reissues misused benefits to a beneficiary, including by requiring the VA to establish methods and timing with respect to determining whether an instance of misuse by a fiduciary is the result of negligence by the VA. The bill also provides that if a beneficiary predeceases a reissuance, the VA must pay the amount to a surviving beneficiary in the same method as certain other VA benefits are paid upon the death of a beneficiary.

Under the bill, the VA may not withhold the reissuing of a benefit payment by reason of a pending determination regarding the VA's negligence in relation to the instance of misuse by a fiduciary. Additionally, the VA is not required to make a determination regarding its negligence for each instance of misuse by a fiduciary of all or part of an individual's benefit paid to such fiduciary.

What's happening now March 11, 2025

Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.

Hearings & markups 1

Hearings to examine S.124, to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for disciplinary procedures for supervisor…
Meeting Mar 11, 2025 · 10:30 AM EDT · Veterans' Affairs Committee

Related & companion bills 1

Bill text 1 version

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Veterans' Affairs Committee
Senate

Lobbying activity 12

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA
for PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2026
HANBURY STRATEGY
for BEYOND IMPACT (ON BEHALF COMMUNITY JUSTICE ACTION FUND) · California · 2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2026
PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA
for PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA · District of Columbia · 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2026
DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS
for DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS · District of Columbia · 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2026
DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS
for DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS · District of Columbia · 4th Quarter (Oct 1 - Dec 31) 2025
PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA
for PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA · District of Columbia · 4th Quarter (Oct 1 - Dec 31) 2025

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Cosponsors 3

Boozman, John

Arkansas · Mar 6, 2025

Gallego, Ruben

Arizona · Mar 6, 2025

Tuberville, Tommy

Alabama · Mar 6, 2025

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 892: Veteran Fraud Reimbursement Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-892/

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"S. 892: Veteran Fraud Reimbursement Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-892/.

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S. 892, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-892/.

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