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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1912 
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. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 6, 2025 
Mr. CONNOLLY (for himself, Mr. CISCOMANI, Mr. MURPHY, Mr. NUNN of 
Iowa, Ms. SALINAS, and Ms. TLAIB) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the 
repayment by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs of bene-
fits misused by a fiduciary, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Veteran Fraud Reim-
bursement Act of 2025’’. 
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SEC. 2. IMPROVEMENT TO REPAYMENT BY SECRETARY OF 
VETERANS AFFAIRS OF CERTAIN MISUSED 
BENEFITS. 
Section 6107 of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 6107. Reissuance of benefits 
‘‘(a) REISSUANCE OF MISUSED BENEFITS.—(1) In 
any case in which a fiduciary misuses all or part of an 
individual’s benefit paid to such fiduciary, the Secretary 
shall pay to the beneficiary or the beneficiary’s successor 
fiduciary an amount equal to the amount of such benefit 
so misused. 
‘‘(2) In any case in which the Secretary reissues a 
benefit payment (in whole or in part) under paragraph (1), 
the Secretary shall make a good faith effort to obtain 
recoupment from the fiduciary to whom the payment was 
originally made. 
‘‘(3) In any case in which the Secretary obtains 
recoupment from a fiduciary who has misused benefits, 
the Secretary shall promptly remit payment of the re-
couped amounts to the beneficiary or the beneficiary’s suc-
cessor fiduciary, as the case may be, to the extent that 
such amounts have not been paid under paragraph (1). 
‘‘(b) REISSUANCE OF AMOUNTS IN THE CASE OF A 
DECEASED BENEFICIARY.—(1) If a beneficiary described 
in subsection (a)(1) predeceases a payment under such 
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subsection, the Secretary shall pay such amount, subject 
to paragraph (2), to an individual or entity in accordance 
with section 5121 of this title. 
‘‘(2) The Secretary may not make a payment under 
this subsection to a fiduciary who misused benefits of the 
beneficiary. 
‘‘(c) LIMITATION ON TOTAL AMOUNT PAID.—The 
total of the amounts paid to a beneficiary or the bene-
ficiary’s successor fiduciary under this section may not ex-
ceed the total benefit amount misused by the fiduciary 
with respect to that beneficiary. 
‘‘(d) OVERSIGHT OF NEGLIGENCE.—(1) The Sec-
retary shall establish methods and timing with respect to 
determining whether an instance of misuse by a fiduciary, 
of all or part of an individual’s benefit paid to such fidu-
ciary, is the result of negligence by the Secretary. 
‘‘(2) The Secretary may not withhold the reissuing 
of a benefit payment under subsection (a)(1) by reason 
of a pending determination under paragraph (1). 
‘‘(3) The Secretary is not required to make a deter-
mination under paragraph (1) for each instance of misuse 
by a fiduciary, of all or part of an individual’s benefit paid 
to such fiduciary.’’. 
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