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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5723 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs to identify and report instances of fraud with respect to disability 
benefit questionnaire forms of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 8, 2025 
Mr. TAKANO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs to identify and report in-
stances of fraud with respect to disability benefit ques-
tionnaire forms of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 
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 ‘‘Fraud Reduction And 
Uncovering Deception (FRAUD) in VA Disability Exams 
Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. IDENTIFICATION AND REPORTING OF FRAUD WITH 
RESPECT TO DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AF-
FAIRS DISABILITY BENEFIT QUESTIONNAIRE 
FORMS. 
Chapter 53 of title 38, United States Code, is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following new section (and 
conforming the tables of section at the beginning of such 
chapter accordingly): 
‘‘§ 5322. Identification and reporting of fraud with re-
spect to disability benefit questionnaire 
forms 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall carry out ac-
tions to identify fraudulent activity with respect to the 
submission to the Secretary of data on disability benefit 
questionnaire forms of the Department without regard to 
the source of such disability benefit questionnaire forms. 
Such actions shall include— 
‘‘(1) implementing a process through which in-
dividuals responsible for processing claims for bene-
fits under laws administered by the Secretary may— 
‘‘(A) identify instances of fraudulent activ-
ity with respect to such disability benefit ques-
tionnaire forms; and 
‘‘(B) submit to appropriate investigatory 
bodies, including the Office of the Inspector 
General of the Department, reports of sus-
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pected fraudulent activity identified pursuant to 
the process; 
‘‘(2) establishing a recurring audit of such dis-
ability benefit questionnaire forms submitted to the 
Secretary without regard to the source of such dis-
ability benefit questionnaire forms; and 
‘‘(3) with respect to such disability benefit 
questionnaire forms or such claims that the Sec-
retary suspects may contain fraudulent information, 
informing the individual who submitted the disability 
benefit questionnaire form or claim of the suspicion 
of fraudulent activity. 
‘‘(b) AUTHORITY OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL.—To 
investigate suspected fraudulent activity identified pursu-
ant to the process under subsection (a)(1), the Inspector 
General of the Department may use any authority applica-
ble to an inspector general of the Federal Government that 
is not otherwise available to the Inspector General under 
laws administered by the Secretary that the Inspector 
General determines necessary for the investigation. 
‘‘(c) LIMITATION.—(1) Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the Secretary may not, pursuant to an inves-
tigation of the Inspector General under subsection (b), re-
open or change a final decision of the Department with 
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respect to a claim for a benefit under laws administered 
by the Secretary. 
‘‘(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply in any case in 
which, pursuant to an investigation of the Inspector Gen-
eral under subsection (b), an individual is convicted by a 
court of competent jurisdiction of a crime relating to 
fraudulent activity in the submission to the Secretary of 
evidence supporting a claim for benefits under laws admin-
istered by the Secretary. 
‘‘(d) ANNUAL REPORT.—On an annual basis, the 
Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Veterans’ Af-
fairs of the Senate and the House of Representatives a 
report on the administration this section.’’. 
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