H.R. 5966 · 117th Congress
Restoring Benefits to Defrauded Veterans Act
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- David Trone
- Introduced
- 2021-11-12
- Latest action
- 2021-11-29 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Summary
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.