HR 1732 United States House · 119th Congress

GUARD VA Benefits Act

Summary

Governing Unaccredited Representatives Defrauding VA Benefits Act or the GUARD VA Benefits Act This bill imposes fines on individuals for soliciting, contracting for, charging, or receiving any unauthorized fee or compensation with respect to the preparation, presentation, or prosecution of any claim for Department of Veterans Affairs benefits. The attempted commission of such offenses is also punishable by fine.

Issues: ✓ Veterans

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

President

Introduced Feb 27, 2025 Last action Mar 18, 2026

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Committee

Mar 18, 2026

Lower · Passed

Committee Hearings Held

lower

Mar 18, 2026

Lower · Passed

Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Discharged

lower

Mar 27, 2025

Committee

Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.

lower

Feb 27, 2025

Committee

Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

lower

Feb 27, 2025

Introduced

Introduced in House

lower

1 primary · 137 co-sponsors