Veteran Fraud Reimbursement Act of 2025
Latest action · Dec 12, 2025 Became Public Law No: 119-56.
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.
- IntroducedMar 6, 2025
- Passed HouseMay 5, 2025
- Passed SenateNov 20, 2025
- To the PresidentDec 3, 2025
- Became lawDec 12, 2025Public Law 119-56
Summary
Veteran Fraud Reimbursement Act of 2025
This act modifies the procedures by which the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) reissues misused benefits to a beneficiary, including by requiring the VA to establish methods and timing with respect to determining whether an instance of misuse by a fiduciary is the result of negligence by the VA. The act also provides that if a beneficiary predeceases a reissuance, the VA must pay the amount to a surviving beneficiary in the same method as certain other VA benefits are paid upon the death of a beneficiary.
Under the act, the VA may not withhold the reissuing of a benefit payment by reason of a pending determination regarding the VA's negligence in relation to the instance of misuse by a fiduciary. Additionally, the VA is not required to make a determination regarding its negligence for each instance of misuse by a fiduciary of all or part of an individual's benefit paid to such fiduciary.
Cosponsors 7
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 6, 2025 to Apr 7, 2025; 5 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-OR | Andrea Salinas | Original | Mar 6, 2025 |
| R-NC | Gregory F. Murphy | Original | Mar 6, 2025 |
| R-AZ | Juan Ciscomani | Original | Mar 6, 2025 |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Original | Mar 6, 2025 |
| R-IA | Zachary Nunn | Original | Mar 6, 2025 |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Mar 21, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Josh Harder | Apr 7, 2025 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred Mar 6, 2025 |
| Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee | Referred Mar 27, 2025 | |
| Senate | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred May 6, 2025Discharged Nov 20, 2025 |
Actions 15
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 12, 2025Became Public Law No: 119-56.
- Dec 12, 2025Signed by President.
- Dec 3, 2025Presented to President.
- Nov 20, 2025Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.
- Nov 20, 2025Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8400)
- Nov 20, 2025Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- May 6, 2025Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- May 5, 2025Mr. Bergman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- May 5, 2025Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1817-1819)
- May 5, 2025DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1912.
- May 5, 2025Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1817-1818: 1)
- May 5, 2025Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Mar 27, 2025Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
- Mar 6, 2025Introduced in House
- Mar 6, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
In the Congressional Record 2
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S8400 | Thom Tillis R-NC | Nov 20, 2025 |
| House | Debate and remarks H1817–H1819Text printed H1817 | Gerald E. Connolly D-VA, Jack Bergman R-MI, Morgan McGarvey D-KY | May 5, 2025 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 43, March 6, 2025, page H1039.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 892 | Veteran Fraud Reimbursement Act of 2025 | Identical bill | Mar 11, 2025 |
Titles 6
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the repayment by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs of benefits misused by a fiduciary, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Veteran Fraud Reimbursement Act of 2025
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- Veteran Fraud Reimbursement Act of 2025
- Short Titles from ENR (Enrolled) bill text
- Veteran Fraud Reimbursement Act of 2025
- Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
- Veteran Fraud Reimbursement Act of 2025
- Official Title from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text
- To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the repayment by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs of benefits misused by a fiduciary, and for other purposes.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- —Enrolled Bill
- May 6, 2025Referred in Senate
- May 5, 2025Engrossed in House
- Mar 6, 2025Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
