H.R. 4676 — what changed
Preventing Crimes Against Veterans Act of 2016
From Introduced in House to Engrossed in House. 1 section amended between Introduced in House and Engrossed in House.
Sec. 2 Additional tool to prevent certain frauds against veterans
In general— Chapter 47 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
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“1041. Frauds Fraud regarding veterans’ benefits.benefits
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“(a) Whoever knowingly engages in any scheme or artifice to defraud a veteran an individual of veterans’ benefits, or in connection with obtaining veteran’s benefits for that veteran, individual, shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than five years, or both.
“(b) In this section—
“(1) the term “veteran” has the meaning given that term in section 101 of title 38; and
changed “(2) the term “veterans’ benefits” means any benefit provided by Federal law for a veteran or a dependent or survivor of a veteran.”
Clerical amendment— The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 47 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new item: