HR 1912
Became law
Requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to repay veterans or their successor fiduciaries when a fiduciary misuses their benefit payments, and to try to recover the money from the fiduciary who misused it.
Official title: Veteran Fraud Reimbursement Act of 2025
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
06-MAR-2025
Referred
06-MAR-2025
Passed
05-MAY-2025
Senate
Received
06-MAY-2025
Passed
20-NOV-2025
President
Presented
03-DEC-2025
Signed
12-DEC-2025
Became law
12-DEC-2025
- Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to reissue benefits misused by a fiduciary to the beneficiary or successor fiduciary
- Requires a good faith effort to recoup the misused funds from the fiduciary and remit recovered amounts to the beneficiary
- Bars payments to a fiduciary who misused the beneficiary's benefits and caps total reissued amounts at the amount misused
- Allows the Secretary to set methods for determining whether misuse resulted from VA negligence, without delaying reissuance
Current. The Congressional Research Service's summary covers the bill's latest wording (Public Law, 12-DEC-2025).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov- Veterans' Affairs Committee (House)
- Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee
- Veterans' Affairs Committee (Senate)
Armed Forces and National Security
■ 4 R■ 3 D
4 Republicans
3 Democrats