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Modifies the statute governing the day for paying House salaries by making the existing monthly pay schedule subject to a new paragraph that permits, when the House next upgrades its payroll system and if directed by the Committee on House Administration, the Chief Administrative Officer to pay salaries twice per month or on another schedule promulgated by the Committee.
Adds new section 1352 to title 18, creating the offense 'Fraud regarding veterans’ benefits' with associated penalties and definitions.
Amends the table of sections for title 18 by adding an entry for the new section 1352.
Amends 26 U.S.C. 181 to (1) replace the statutory expiration date in subsection (g) with December 31, 2030; (2) increase the dollar limitation in subsection (a)(2)(A) to $30,000,000; (3) amend subsection (a)(2)(B) in the matter following clause (ii) (replacement text not provided in this section); and (4) add a new inflation-adjustment subparagraph to subsection (a)(2) that indexes the dollar amounts in (A) and (B) for taxable years beginning in calendar years after 2026, with increases rounded to the nearest $1,000.
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, the Judiciary, Agriculture, Natural Resources, Science, Space, and Technology, Education and Workforce, Small Business, Energy and Commerce, Foreign Affairs, Intelligence (Permanent Select), Armed Services, Oversight and Government Reform, Veterans' Affairs, Financial Services, House Administration, Homeland Security, Rules, Ethics, the Budget, and Appropriations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Introduced January 12, 2026 by James P. McGovern · Last progress January 12, 2026
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, the Judiciary, Agriculture, Natural Resources, Science, Space, and Technology, Education and Workforce, Small Business, Energy and Commerce, Foreign Affairs, Intelligence (Permanent Select), Armed Services, Oversight and Government Reform, Veterans' Affairs, Financial Services, House Administration, Homeland Security, Rules, Ethics, the Budget, and Appropriations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Introduced in House