H.R. 506 · 115th Congress
Preventing Crimes Against Veterans Act of 2017
- Stage
- Passed a chamber
- Sponsor
- Thomas Rooney
- Introduced
- 2017-01-12
- Latest action
- 2018-03-15 · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Summary
Preventing Crimes Against Veterans Act of 2017
This bill amends the federal criminal code to declare that any person who knowingly engages in any scheme or artifice to defraud an individual of veterans' benefits, or in connection with obtaining veteran's benefits for that individual, shall be fined, imprisoned not more than five years, or both.