Preventing Crimes Against Veterans Act of 2025
Latest action · Jun 26, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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.
- IntroducedJun 26, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Preventing Crimes Against Veterans Act of 2025
This bill establishes a new federal criminal offense for knowingly executing, or attempting to execute, a scheme to defraud an individual of veterans' benefits, or in connection with obtaining veteran's benefits for an individual. A violator is subject to criminal penalties—a fine, a prison term of up to five years, or both.
Cosponsors 19
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 26, 2025 to Mar 12, 2026; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-PA | Mary Gay Scanlon | Original | Jun 26, 2025 |
| D-PA | Christopher R. Deluzio | Jul 22, 2025 | |
| D-VA | Eugene Simon Vindman | Sep 15, 2025 | |
| R-WA | Dan Newhouse | Oct 3, 2025 | |
| R-GU | James C. Moylan | Oct 3, 2025 | |
| D-RI | Seth Magaziner | Oct 3, 2025 | |
| D-NV | Steven Horsford | Oct 3, 2025 | |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Oct 6, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Josh Harder | Oct 6, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Raja Krishnamoorthi | Oct 8, 2025 | |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Oct 10, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Laura Gillen | Oct 10, 2025 | |
| R-IN | Jefferson Shreve | Oct 21, 2025 | |
| D-NH | Chris Pappas | Oct 31, 2025 | |
| D-CO | Joe Neguse | Nov 19, 2025 | |
| D-CA | George Whitesides | Nov 25, 2025 | |
| R-NY | Michael Lawler | Dec 1, 2025 | |
| D-WA | Marie Gluesenkamp Perez | Dec 16, 2025 | |
| D-NJ | Josh Gottheimer | Mar 12, 2026 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Jun 26, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 26, 2025Introduced in House
- Jun 26, 2025Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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. 110, June 26, 2025, page H3012.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 4901 | Preventing Crimes Against Veterans Act of 2026 | Related bill | Jun 24, 2026 |
| HR 7007 | Governing for the People Act | Related bill | May 20, 2026 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide an additional tool to prevent certain frauds against veterans, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Preventing Crimes Against Veterans Act of 2025
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 26, 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.
