Summary

Creates a new Veterans Scam and Fraud Evasion Officer within the Department of Veterans Affairs to lead fraud prevention, reporting, response, training, and cross‑agency coordination, and adds a central contact point and monitoring for veteran fraud incidents. Also postpones an existing statutory cutoff date by two months (from November 30, 2031 to January 30, 2032). The law prohibits adding VA full‑time positions as a result and preserves the Inspector General’s authority.

• Creates a VA Veterans Scam and Fraud Evasion Officer to lead prevention, reporting, response, and coordination on scams and fraud affecting veterans.
• Establishes a central contact to direct veterans, families, caregivers, and survivors to identity‑theft and fraud resources and to provide communications during incidents.
• Requires the officer to develop enterprise guidance, employee training, fraud monitoring, analytics, and metrics for reporting.
• Directs coordination with the VA Office of Inspector General, federal agencies, the Executive Office of the President, veterans service organizations, and state/local/tribal governments.
• Prohibits an increase in VA full‑time employee counts as a result of creating the officer position.
• Specifically preserves the Inspector General’s authority and does not limit OIG oversight powers.
• Makes a clerical update to the veterans code table to add the new authority.
• Delays an existing statutory cutoff date by two months, changing November 30, 2031 to January 30, 2032.