To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the repayment by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs of benefits misused by a fiduciary, and for other purposes, section 2, Sec. 2.
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The total paid may not exceed the amount misused
The document says “may not”Who acts: Secretary of Veterans AffairsHow: statuteSec. 2 in the PDF
What the document says
“The total of the amounts paid to a beneficiary or the beneficiary's successor fiduciary under this section may not exceed the total benefit amount misused by the fiduciary with respect to that beneficiary.”
The whole of the new subsection (c). It caps what a beneficiary or successor fiduciary receives under the replacement section 6107 at the total amount the fiduciary misused for that beneficiary. Payments under subsection (a) and payments of recouped money are counted against the same ceiling.
What the document actually says
“The total of the amounts paid to a beneficiary or the beneficiary's successor fiduciary under this section may not exceed the total benefit amount misused by the fiduciary with respect to that beneficiary.”
That sentence, in plain words
The VA pays back no more than the helper took.
What this is about
Add up what the helper stole. That sum is the top limit. Payments stop there.
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Veteran Fraud Reimbursement Act of 2025, Public Law 119-56, sec. 2, 139 Stat. 709 (2025). https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ56/html/PLAW-119publ56.htm
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“The total paid may not exceed the amount misused,” Veteran Fraud Reimbursement Act of 2025, section 2, Sec. 2. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/veteran-fraud-reimbursement-act-2025/proposal/sec02-cap-on-total-paid/ (retrieved October 10, 2026).
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