FRAUD Act of 2025
Latest action · Oct 21, 2025 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 300.
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.
- IntroducedMay 19, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Sep 17, 2025.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-FL | Mike Haridopolos | Sep 17, 2025 |
Committees 1
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 May 19, 2025Discharged Jul 23, 2025Markup Jul 23, 2025Reported Oct 21, 2025 |
| Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee | Referred Jun 3, 2025Hearings Jun 11, 2025 |
Actions 9
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 21, 2025Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 119-348.
- Oct 21, 2025Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 300.
- Jul 23, 2025Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Discharged
- Jul 23, 2025Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Jul 23, 2025Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 12 - 11.
- Jun 11, 2025Subcommittee Hearings Held
- Jun 3, 2025Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
- May 19, 2025Introduced in House
- May 19, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
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.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Aug 15, 2025H.R. 3483, Forcing Real Accountability for Unlawful Distributions Act of 2025As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on July 23, 2025
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 84, May 19, 2025, page H2147.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 119-25 | LEGISLATIVE HEARING95 pages | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Jun 11, 2025 |
Titles 5
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title 38, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to use an information technology system to detect fraud, waste, and abuse regarding claims for payment submitted to the Secretary under the Veterans Community Care Program.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- FRAUD Act of 2025
- Forcing Real Accountability for Unlawful Distributions Act of 2025
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- FRAUD Act of 2025
- Forcing Real Accountability for Unlawful Distributions Act of 2025
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 21, 2025Reported in House
- May 19, 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.
