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- House Introduced Mar 6, 2025
- House Passed May 5, 2025
- Senate Passed Nov 20, 2025
- President To the President Dec 3, 2025
- President Signed Dec 12, 2025
- Law Dec 12, 2025
This act 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.
What it does: CRS summary · Public Law · Dec 12, 2025
Veteran Fraud Reimbursement Act of 2025
This act 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. The act also provides that if a beneficiary predeceases a reissuance, the VA must pay the amount to a surviving beneficiary in the same method as certain other VA benefits are paid upon the death of a beneficiary.
Under the act, 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.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Veteran Fraud Reimbursement Act of 2025
Latest action (Dec 12, 2025): Became Public Law No: 119-56.
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security · Origin: House · Introduced: Mar 6, 2025
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
- House Introduced Mar 6, 2025
- House Passed May 5, 2025
- Senate Passed Nov 20, 2025
- President To the President Dec 3, 2025
- President Signed Dec 12, 2025
- Law Dec 12, 2025
No recorded floor vote found.