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H.R. 5966

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Restoring Benefits to Defrauded Veterans Act
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Committee
Latest Action · November 29, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Congress
117th (2021–2023)
Introduced
November 12, 2021
Cosponsors (3)
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Restoring Benefits to Defrauded Veterans Act 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.

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