HR 1732 · 119th Congress 2025–2027

GUARD VA Benefits Act

Introduced Feb 27, 2025 Originated House Sponsor Chris Pappas D-NH

Fact sheet

Latest action · Mar 18, 2026 Committee Hearings Held

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedFeb 27, 2025
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

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.

Cosponsors 137

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 27, 2025 to Sep 10, 2026, with 53 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-ORAndrea SalinasOriginalFeb 27, 2025
D-MSBennie G. ThompsonOriginalFeb 27, 2025
D-ILBradley Scott SchneiderOriginalFeb 27, 2025
R-PABrian K. FitzpatrickOriginalFeb 27, 2025
D-MEChellie PingreeOriginalFeb 27, 2025
D-PAChristopher R. DeluzioOriginalFeb 27, 2025
R-NYClaudia TenneyOriginalFeb 27, 2025
R-ALDale W. StrongOriginalFeb 27, 2025
R-WADan NewhouseOriginalFeb 27, 2025
R-TNDavid KustoffOriginalFeb 27, 2025
D-NCDeborah K. RossOriginalFeb 27, 2025
D-ILDelia C. RamirezOriginalFeb 27, 2025
D-CODiana DeGetteOriginalFeb 27, 2025
D-NVDina TitusOriginalFeb 27, 2025
R-NEDon BaconOriginalFeb 27, 2025
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Actions 5

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Mar 18, 2026Committee Hearings Held
  2. Mar 18, 2026Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Discharged
  3. Mar 27, 2025Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
  4. Feb 27, 2025Introduced in House
  5. Feb 27, 2025Referred 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.

Subjects

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  1. Feb 27, 2025Introduced in House

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