[118th Congress Public Law 114]
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Public Law 118-114
118th Congress

                                 An Act


 
   To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of 
  Veterans Affairs to repay the estates of deceased beneficiaries for 
  certain benefits paid by the Secretary and misused by fiduciaries of 
       such beneficiaries. <<NOTE: Nov. 25, 2024 -  [H.R. 4190]>> 

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, <<NOTE: Restoring 
Benefits to Defrauded Veterans Act.>> 
SECTION 1. <<NOTE: 38 USC 101 note.>> SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Restoring Benefits to Defrauded 
Veterans Act''.
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.--
(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 accordance with 
section 5121 of this title.
    ``(2) The Secretary may not make a payment under this subsection to 
a fiduciary who misused benefits of the beneficiary.''; and
            (3) in subsection (e), as redesdignated, by striking 
        ``subsection (a) or (b)'' and inserting ``this section''.

    Approved November 25, 2024.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 4190:
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HOUSE REPORTS: No. 118-655 (Comm. on Veterans' Affairs).
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 170 (2024):
            Sept. 17, considered and passed House.
            Sept. 25, considered and passed Senate.

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