The record

LegislationLegislation· Nov 2024
HR 4190 Signed into law

Sponsored by David J. Trone (D)

Restoring Benefits to Defrauded Veterans Act

Requires the VA to pay reissued misused benefits to a deceased beneficiary's estate.

Tradeoff

Enacted law. The VA must reissue benefits a fiduciary misused, paying them to the estate of a beneficiary who dies first. It bars paying anyone who misused the benefits.

What's in it

See official bill text
H.R. 4190, Restoring Benefits to Defrauded Veterans Actwww.cbo.gov/publication/59864 · Jan 2024

The House passed this by on September 17, 2024. The Senate passed it by on September 25, 2024. It was signed into law.

  1. House

    Introduced

    (Jun 15, 2023)

  2. House

    Committee on Veterans' Affairs(Jun 15, 2023)

  3. House

    The Committee on Veterans' Affairs voted to send it to the floor

    Reported by (Dec 5, 2023)

    Committee report H. Rept. 118-655.

  4. House

    Passage of the bill

    Passed by (Sep 17, 2024)

    No individual votes were recorded.

  5. Senate

    Received from the House

    Received(Sep 18, 2024)

  6. Senate

    Passage of the bill

    Passed by (Sep 25, 2024)

    No individual votes were recorded.

  7. House

    Sent to the President

    (Nov 15, 2024)

  8. White House · Signature

    Signed

    Joe Biden (D)

  9. Enacted

    Became law(Nov 25, 2024)