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Requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to repay veterans when a fiduciary misuses their benefits and to pursue recovery of the money from that fiduciary. Any money the VA gets back must be promptly paid to the veteran or a new, trusted fiduciary. Total payments are capped at the amount that was misused, and the VA may not pay the fiduciary who committed the misuse. The VA must also set clear methods and timelines to decide if the misuse happened because of VA negligence.
If a fiduciary misuses all or part of an individual’s benefit paid to that fiduciary, the Secretary shall pay to the beneficiary or the beneficiary’s successor fiduciary an amount equal to the amount misused.
When the Secretary reissues a benefit payment under the above rule, the Secretary shall make a good faith effort to obtain recoupment from the fiduciary who originally received the payment.
If the Secretary obtains recoupment from a fiduciary who misused benefits, the Secretary shall promptly remit the recouped amounts to the beneficiary or the beneficiary’s successor fiduciary to the extent those amounts have not already been paid under the reissuance rule.
If a beneficiary who would receive a reissued amount under subsection (a)(1) dies before that payment is made, the Secretary shall pay the amount (subject to the next provision) to an individual or entity in accordance with section 5121 of title 38.
The Secretary may not make a payment under the deceased-beneficiary rule to a fiduciary who misused the beneficiary’s benefits.
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Last progress March 6, 2025 (11 months ago)
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1817-1818: 1)
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8400)
President of the United States
Last progress December 12, 2025 (2 months ago)
Introduced on March 6, 2025 by Gerald E. Connolly