Veterans Protection from Fraud Act

Bill: 118-hr-3956
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Burchett, Tim [R-TN-2]
Introduced: 2023-06-09
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Latest action: action_date: 2023-06-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-06-09
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Veterans Protection from Fraud Act</strong></p><p>This bill makes enhanced criminal penalties for telemarking or email marketing fraud offenses applicable to telemarking or email fraud offenses that target veterans.</p>

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3956 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 9, 2023 Mr. Burchett (for himself, Mr. Cohen , Mr. Steube , Mr. Fitzpatrick , Ms. Salazar , Mr. Gaetz , Mr. Moulton , Mr. Fallon , Mr. Fleischmann , Ms. Manning , and Mr. Nickel ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend title 18, United States Code, to enhance penalties for certain crimes committed against veterans, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Veterans Protection from Fraud Act . 2. Enhanced penalties for certain crimes against veterans Section 2326(2) of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking or at the end; (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking the comma and inserting ; or ; and (3) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following: (C) targeted veterans (as such term is defined in section 101 of title 38) of any age, .