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Public Law 118-114 · HR 4190 · November 25, 2024 · Armed Forces and National Security

Restoring Benefits to Defrauded Veterans Act

Passed without a recorded vote✍ Signed by Joe Biden

What it does

A plain-language summary is coming. Here is the official summary from the Congressional Research Service:

Restoring Benefits to Defrauded Veterans Act This act requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to pay certain reissued benefits (i.e., benefits that were misused by a fiduciary) to a beneficiary's estate in situations where a beneficiary predeceases a payment. The VA must pay such benefits to an individual or entity in the existing manner that other VA benefits are paid after the death of a beneficiary.

How Congress voted

This law passed by voice vote or unanimous consent, so there is no record of how individual members voted.