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Restoring Benefits to Defrauded Veterans Act

Floor Speech

By: Mike Bost
By: Mike Bost
Date: Sept. 17, 2024
Location: Washington, DC

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Mr. BOST. Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 4190) to amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to repay the estates of deceased beneficiaries for certain benefits paid by the Secretary and misused by fiduciaries of such beneficiaries, as amended.

The Clerk read the title of the bill.

The text of the bill is as follows: H.R. 4190

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Restoring Benefits to Defrauded Veterans Act''. SEC. 2. REISSUANCE BY THE SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS OF ESTATES OF DECEASED BENEFICIARIES FOR CERTAIN BENEFITS PAID BY THE SECRETARY AND MISUSED BY FIDUCIARIES.

Section 6107 of title 38, United States Code, is amended--

(1) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as subsections (d) and (e), respectively;

(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following new subsection (c):

``(c) Reissuance of Amounts in the Case of a Deceased Beneficiary.--(1) If a beneficiary described in subsection (a) predeceases a payment under subsection (a) or (b), the Secretary shall pay such benefits, 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.''; and

(3) in subsection (e), as redesdignated, by striking ``subsection (a) or (b)'' and inserting ``this section''.

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Mr. BOST. 4190, as amended.
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Mr. BOST. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 4190, as amended.

This bill was introduced by Representative Trone. It ensures that no fiduciary who steals a veteran's earned VA benefits can profit from their misuse if the veteran passes.

Mr. Speaker, I support the bill wholeheartedly, and I reserve the balance of my time.

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Mr. BOST. Mr. Speaker, I have no speakers on this bill, and I reserve the balance of my time.
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Mr. BOST. Mr. Speaker, I encourage all of my colleagues to support this legislation, and I yield back the balance of my time.

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