Restoring Benefits to Defrauded Veterans Act of 2022
Summary
Restoring Benefits to Defrauded Veterans Act of 2022 This bill 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 following order: the estate of the beneficiary, a successor fiduciary serving the beneficiary when the beneficiary died, or the next inheritor determined by a court of competent jurisdiction.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2022
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Apr 5, 2022
Last action Jul 13, 2022
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Jul 13, 2022
Senate · Reported by committee
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.
Apr 5, 2022
Senate · Referred to committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Apr 5, 2022
Senate · Introduced
Introduced in Senate
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
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