US Congress House Bill 592 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 29-4)
Status: Introduced on January 16 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2019-10-22 - Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to pay a beneficiary (or beneficiary's successor fiduciary) the amount of the misused benefit when any fiduciary has misused all or part of an individual's benefit. Specifically, the bill requires this payment in any case not involving negligent failure by the VA to investigate or monitor a fiduciary but where a fiduciary misuses all or part of an individual's benefit. The bill removes the stipulation that the fiduciary (1) not be an individual, or (2) serve at least 10 beneficiaries for the VA to repay misused benefits. An adverse determination by the VA of a veteran's mental capacity to manage VA monetary benefits may be appealed in accordance with provisions governing the Board of Veterans' Appeals and the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims.

Protect Veterans from Financial Fraud Act of 2019

Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]	Rep. Tom Cole [R-OK]
Rep. Katie Hill [D-CA]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]	Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]
Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA]	Rep. Susan Wild [D-PA]	Rep. Max Rose [D-NY]	Rep. Glenn Grothman [R-WI]
Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]	Rep. Elaine Luria [D-VA]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]
Rep. Bennie Thompson [D-MS]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]	Rep. Mike Gallagher [R-WI]	Rep. Christopher Pappas [D-NH]
Rep. Anthony Brindisi [D-NY]	Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]
Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]	Rep. Don Beyer [D-VA]	Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon [D-PA]
Rep. Ed Case [D-HI]	Rep. Debra Haaland [D-NM]	Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]	Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]
Rep. Jimmy Panetta [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-10-22	House	Subcommittee Hearings Held.
2019-02-08	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
2019-01-16	House	Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
2019-01-16	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/592/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr592/BILLS-116hr592ih.pdf