118th Congress · SENATE BILLINCORPORATED

S. 263Restoring Benefits to Defrauded Veterans Act of 2023

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to repay the estates of deceased beneficiaries for certain benefits paid by the Secretary and misused by fiduciaries of such beneficiaries, and for other purposes.

Armed forces and national security
Introduced Feb 2, 2023
Last action Feb 2, 2023
Pipeline · Bill → Law
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Introduced
Feb 2, 2023
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Referred
Feb 2, 2023
Veterans' Affairs
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Committee
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Senate
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House floor
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Resolve Changes
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Signed
SummaryCRS Summary

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.

Provisions · 2 sectionsIntroduced in Senate
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Timeline · 2 actions
Feb 2, 2023
Introduced in Senate
Feb 2, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.