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Veteran Fraud Reimbursement Act of 2025Section 2 › Proposal

Money recovered from the fiduciary must be passed on promptly

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. Written by .

Money recovered from the fiduciary must be passed on promptly

The document says “shallWho acts: Secretary of Veterans AffairsHow: statuteSec. 2 in the PDF
What the document says

“In any case in which the Secretary obtains recoupment from a fiduciary who has misused benefits, the Secretary shall promptly remit payment of the recouped amounts to the beneficiary or the beneficiary's successor fiduciary, as the case may be, to the extent that such amounts have not been paid under paragraph (1).”

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, Sec. 2

Paragraph (3) of the new subsection (a). Where the Secretary does recover money from a fiduciary who misused benefits, the recovered amounts are to be remitted promptly to the beneficiary or the beneficiary's successor fiduciary, so far as those amounts have not already been paid over under paragraph (1).

What the document actually says

“In any case in which the Secretary obtains recoupment from a fiduciary who has misused benefits, the Secretary shall promptly remit payment of the recouped amounts to the beneficiary or the beneficiary's successor fiduciary, as the case may be, to the extent that such amounts have not been paid under paragraph (1).”

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, Sec. 2
That sentence, in plain words

If the VA gets money back from the helper, it must send that money on fast. It goes to the veteran or a new helper.

What this is about

This covers money the veteran has not been paid yet. The VA does not keep it.

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