Payment is made under section 5121 if the beneficiary dies first
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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Payment is made under section 5121 if the beneficiary dies first
The document says “shall”Who acts: Secretary of Veterans AffairsHow: statuteSec. 2 in the PDF
What the document says
“If a beneficiary described in subsection (a)(1) predeceases a payment under such subsection, the Secretary shall pay such amount, subject to paragraph (2), to an individual or entity in accordance with section 5121 of this title.”
Paragraph (1) of the new subsection (b). Where the beneficiary dies before the payment owed under subsection (a)(1) is made, the Secretary is to pay the amount to an individual or entity in accordance with section 5121 of title 38, United States Code, subject to the bar in paragraph (2). Who that is falls to be worked out under section 5121, which is not indexed here.
What the document actually says
“If a beneficiary described in subsection (a)(1) predeceases a payment under such subsection, the Secretary shall pay such amount, subject to paragraph (2), to an individual or entity in accordance with section 5121 of this title.”
That sentence, in plain words
The veteran may die before the VA pays. Then the VA pays a person or group named by another rule.
What this is about
That other rule is part 5121 of the same law book. It is not written out here. This law just points to it.
No action is recorded against this proposal. That is not evidence that none has been taken, and nobody has yet read it against the record. See what the tracker does not yet cover.
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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“Payment is made under section 5121 if the beneficiary dies first,” Veteran Fraud Reimbursement Act of 2025, section 2, Sec. 2. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/veteran-fraud-reimbursement-act-2025/proposal/sec02-payment-when-beneficiary-dies/ (retrieved October 10, 2026).
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