S. 3994 · 117th Congress

Restoring Benefits to Defrauded Veterans Act of 2022

Stage
In committee
Introduced
2022-04-05
Latest action
2022-07-13 · Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.

Summary

Restoring Benefits to Defrauded Veterans Act of 2022

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.