The Secretary must try in good faith to recover the money from the fiduciary
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 Secretary must try in good faith to recover the money from the fiduciary
The document says “shall”Who acts: Secretary of Veterans AffairsHow: statuteSec. 2 in the PDF
What the document says
“In any case in which the Secretary reissues a benefit payment (in whole or in part) under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall make a good faith effort to obtain recoupment from the fiduciary to whom the payment was originally made.”
Paragraph (2) of the new subsection (a). Once the Secretary has reissued a payment under paragraph (1), whether in whole or in part, the Secretary is to make a good faith effort to recover the amount from the fiduciary the payment first went to. The paragraph sets the effort as the standard and does not condition the reissued payment on the recovery succeeding.
What the document actually says
“In any case in which the Secretary reissues a benefit payment (in whole or in part) under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall make a good faith effort to obtain recoupment from the fiduciary to whom the payment was originally made.”
That sentence, in plain words
The VA pays the money back first. Then it must really try to get it back from the helper.
What this is about
The law does not make the veteran wait for that. Chasing the helper is the VA's job.
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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 Secretary must try in good faith to recover the money from the fiduciary,” Veteran Fraud Reimbursement Act of 2025, section 2, Sec. 2. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/veteran-fraud-reimbursement-act-2025/proposal/sec02-good-faith-recoupment/ (retrieved October 10, 2026).
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