HR 5966 United States House · 117th Congress

Restoring Benefits to Defrauded Veterans Act

Summary
Restoring Benefits to Defrauded Veterans Act This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to pay certain reissued benefits (i.e., benefits that were misused by a fiduciary) to a beneficiary's estate in situations where a beneficiary predeceases a payment. The VA must pay such benefits to an individual or entity in the following order: the estate of the beneficiary, a successor fiduciary serving the beneficiary when the beneficiary died, or the next inheritor determined by a court of competent jurisdiction.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
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Nov 2021
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Introduced Nov 12, 2021 Last action Nov 29, 2021
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Nov 29, 2021
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
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Nov 12, 2021
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
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Nov 12, 2021
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1 primary · 3 co-sponsors

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