Restoring Benefits to Defrauded Veterans Act of 2022
Summary
Restoring Benefits to Defrauded Veterans Act of 2022 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
Introduction
Apr 2022
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Apr 5, 2022
Last action Jul 13, 2022
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
3
Key actions
1
Committee
2
Jul 13, 2022
Upper · Passed
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.
upper
Apr 5, 2022
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
upper
Apr 5, 2022
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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