Bills · 118th Congress · Armed Forces and National Security

Veteran Fraud Reimbursement Act

Where it stands

  1. Introduced6/12/23
  2. Passed HousePassed 4/30/24
  3. Senate
  4. President
  5. Law

Passed the House 413–0 on April 30, 2024 (Roll Call 160 →). Received in the Senate on May 1, 2024. No Senate action since.

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Roll calls on this bill

Votes on passage
HouseOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · 4/30/24Suspension of the rulesA fast-track House procedure, usually for measures expected to have broad support. Debate is limited to 40 minutes, no amendments can be offered, and it needs a two-thirds vote of members voting — not a simple majority. A yes vote passes the bill.Rules of the House, Rule XV, clause 1 ↗
Passed
  • Democratic204 Yea · 0 Nay · 8 Not voting
  • Republican209 Yea · 0 Nay · 7 Not voting
  • Independent / Other0 Yea · 0 Nay · 0 Not voting
Official summary (CRS)

Veteran Fraud Reimbursement Act

This bill modifies the procedures by which the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) reissues misused benefits to a beneficiary, including by requiring the VA to establish methods and timing with respect to determining whether an instance of misuse by a fiduciary is the result of negligence by the VA.

Under the bill, the VA may not withhold the reissuing of a benefit payment by reason of a pending determination regarding the VA's negligence in relation to the instance of misuse by a fiduciary. Additionally, the VA is not required to make a determination regarding its negligence for each instance of misuse by a fiduciary, of all or part of an individual's benefit paid to such fiduciary.

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Sponsor
Rep. Gerald E. Connolly ( Democrat · VA-11)
Cosponsors
3
Introduced
6/12/23
Policy area
Armed Forces and National Security

What happens next

The Senate must pass the same text, then it goes to the President.

If it isn't enacted by Jan 3, 2025, it expires when the 118th Congress ends.

All actions (18)
  1. 6/12/23Introduced in House
  2. 6/12/23Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
  3. 7/17/23Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
  4. 11/29/23Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  5. 11/29/23Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
  6. 12/5/23Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  7. 12/5/23Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
  8. 4/12/24Reported by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 118-457.
  9. 4/12/24Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 379.
  10. 4/29/24Mr. Bost moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
  11. 4/29/24Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2695-2696)
  12. 4/29/24DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4016.
  13. 4/29/24At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
  14. 4/30/24Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H2715-2716)
  15. 4/30/24Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 413 - 0 (Roll no. 160). (text: 04/29/2024 CR H2695)
  16. 4/30/24On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 413 - 0 (Roll no. 160). (text: 04/29/2024 CR H2695)
  17. 4/30/24Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  18. 5/1/24Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.