H.R. 4016 explained · 118th Congress · Not enacted (118th Congress ended)
Veteran Fraud Reimbursement Act
Cosponsors: 3 (0 D, 3 R) · per Congress.gov, 2026-10-11
Introduced: 2023-06-12
Latest action (2024-05-01): Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
What H.R. 4016 does, in plain terms
Veteran Fraud Reimbursement Act This bill modifies the procedures by which the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) reissues misused benefits to a beneficiary, including by requiring the VA to establish methods and timing with respect to determining whether an instance of misuse by a fiduciary is the result of negligence by the VA. Under the bill, the VA may not withhold the reissuing of a benefit payment by reason of a pending determination regarding the VA's negligence in relation to the instance of misuse by a fiduciary. Additionally, the VA is not required to make a determination regarding its negligence for each instance of misuse by a fiduciary, of all or part of an individual's benefit paid to such fiduciary.
Official summary by the Congressional Research Service, via Congress.gov.
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