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Main Subject: Armed Forces and National Security

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.

House floor actions Actions

Floor
Nov. 15 2024	Presented to President.
Sep. 17 2024	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5283) DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4190. Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5283-5284) Mr. Bost moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.

Calendars
Sep. 09 2024	Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 552.

Committee
Sep. 09 2024	Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 118-655.

Library of Congress Actions

President
Nov. 15 2024	Presented to President.

Floor
Sep. 25 2024	Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Sep. 17 2024	Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5283)

Committee
Sep. 09 2024	Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 118-655.

Senate Actions

Floor
Sep. 26 2024	Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Sep. 25 2024	Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6467)

IntroReferral
Sep. 18 2024	Received in the Senate, read twice.

House committee actions Actions

Committee
Dec. 05 2023	Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote. Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Nov. 29 2023	Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Jul. 25 2023	Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.

House bill HR4190-118

Restoring Benefits to Defrauded Veterans Act

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