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The bill increases veterans' exposure to consistent security warnings across all VA public sites to reduce credential-sharing and fraud while centralizing responsibility for implementation, at the risk of warning fatigue among veterans and additional short-term costs and workload for the VA.
Veterans will see prominent, mandatory warnings on every public-facing VA website and tool discouraging sharing VA or bank login credentials, increasing exposure to security guidance (including for users who don't log in) and reducing risk of account takeover and financial fraud.
Veterans and VA staff will benefit from centralized implementation under the Chief Veterans Experience Officer, creating clearer responsibility for consistent messaging and user experience across VA public sites.
Veterans may experience warning fatigue or user friction from mandatory warnings on every public-facing VA webpage, which could lead some to ignore security messages and reduce effectiveness.
VA staff and operations will incur implementation and design costs and additional workload to update all public-facing sites within the 180-day window.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Introduced July 17, 2025 by Sheldon Whitehouse · Last progress July 17, 2025
Requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to make sure every public-facing VA website and online tool displays warning messages that discourage veterans from sharing VA account or bank account login credentials (usernames and passwords). The change directs the Secretary to implement the requirement through the Chief Veterans Experience Officer. The law replaces a prior requirement to show warnings each time a claimant logs in with a broader requirement that the warnings be issued on each public-facing VA website and online tool; the rule takes effect 180 days after enactment.