This bill aims to protect veterans when a court‑appointed money manager (called a fiduciary) steals or misuses their VA benefits. It requires the VA to repay the veteran the same amount that was misused, then try to get that money back from the person who took it. The VA can’t delay paying the veteran while it decides whether the VA itself made mistakes that allowed the misuse to happen, and it doesn’t have to make that kind of decision in every single case. Total repayments can’t be more than the amount that was misused. If the veteran dies before the repayment is made, the money must go to the appropriate survivor, not to the person who misused the funds .

Key points:

• Who is affected: Veterans who use fiduciaries to manage VA benefits, and their survivors .
• What changes: VA must repay misused benefits, seek repayment from the wrongdoer, set clear methods and timelines to review VA negligence, and never pay a misusing fiduciary; repayments can’t exceed the amount stolen .
• Timing: The VA must repay without waiting on a negligence review decision .