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H.R. 4190 — what changed

Restoring Benefits to Defrauded Veterans Act

From Introduced in House to Reported in House. 1 section amended between Introduced in House and Reported in House.

Sec. 2 Reissuance by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs of estates of deceased beneficiaries for certain benefits paid by the Secretary and misused by fiduciaries

Section 6107 of title 38, United States Code, is amended—

(1)
by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as subsections (d) and (e), respectively;
(2)
by inserting after subsection (b) the following new subsection (c):

“(c) Reissuance of amounts in the case of a deceased beneficiary

changed “(1) If a beneficiary described in subsection (a) predeceases a payment under subsection (a) or (b), the Secretary shall pay such benefits, subject to paragraph (2), to an individual or entity in the following order:accordance with section 5121 of this title.

removed “(A) The estate of the beneficiary.

removed “(B) A successor fiduciary serving the beneficiary when the beneficiary died.

removed “(C) The next inheritor determined by a court of competent jurisdiction.

“(2) The Secretary may not make a payment under this subsection to a fiduciary who misused benefits of the beneficiary.”

(3)
in subsection (e), as redesdignated, by striking “subsection (a) or (b)” and inserting “this section”.