One Hundred Eighteenth Congress of the United States of America
At the Second Session
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday, the third day of January, two thousand and twenty-four
H. R. 4190
AN ACT
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.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the Restoring Benefits to Defrauded Veterans Act
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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—
by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as subsections (d) and (e), respectively;
by inserting after subsection (b) the following new subsection (c):
Reissuance of amounts in the case of a deceased beneficiary
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.
The Secretary may not make a payment under this subsection to a fiduciary who misused benefits of the beneficiary.
; and
in subsection (e), as redesdignated, by striking subsection (a) or (b)
and inserting this section
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Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate.