S. 432 · 116th Congress
Preventing Crimes Against Veterans Act of 2019
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Marco Rubio
- Introduced
- 2019-02-11
- Latest action
- 2019-02-11 · Introduced in Senate
Summary
Preventing Crimes Against Veterans Act of 2019
This bill establishes a new criminal offense for knowingly engaging in a scheme to defraud an individual of veterans' benefits, or in connection with obtaining veteran's benefits for an individual. A violator is subject to criminal penalties—a fine, a prison term of up to five years, or both.