SAVE Act

Strengthens oversight of people and groups who help veterans with VA benefits claims. It requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to include detailed information about all recognized agents, attorneys, and organizations in its yearly report to Congress and creates an official certification mark for recognized representatives, with penalties for anyone who uses it fraudulently.

To keep records accurate, the VA must each year ask all recognized representatives to update their contact information, publish clear instructions on how to do that, and update the public VA Accreditation Search Database. The first round of updates is due within 180 days after the first annual report that includes the new accreditation information, and then occurs every year after that.