[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3000 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 3000

  To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to identify and report 
  instances of disability benefit questionnaire fraud, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 9, 2025

Mr. Blumenthal introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
             referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
  To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to identify and report 
  instances of disability benefit questionnaire fraud, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Fraud Reduction And Uncovering 
Deception in Department of Veterans Affairs Disability Exams Act of 
2025'' or the ``FRAUD in VA Disability Exams Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. IDENTIFICATION AND REPORTING OF VETERANS DISABILITY BENEFIT 
              QUESTIONNAIRE FRAUD.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall--
            (1) carry out actions to identify fraudulent activity 
        relating to the submittal of disability benefit questionnaire 
        data to the Secretary, without regard to the origin of the 
        questionnaires; and
            (2) transmit to appropriate investigatory bodies, including 
        the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of 
        Veterans Affairs, reports of suspected activity identified 
        pursuant to paragraph (1).
    (b) Requirements.--Actions carried out pursuant to paragraph (1) of 
subsection (a) shall include the following:
            (1) Establishment of a process for claim processors of the 
        Department to identify instances of disability benefit 
        questionnaire fraud and to transmit reports of suspected fraud 
        as described in paragraph (2) of such subsection.
            (2) Establishment of a recurring audit of disability 
        benefit questionnaires submitted to the Secretary, without 
        regard to the origin of the questionnaires.
            (3) Informing individuals who have applied for, or 
        submitted a claim for, a benefit under a law administered by 
        the Secretary when their disability benefit questionnaires have 
        raised suspicion of fraud.
    (c) Authority of Inspector General of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs.--The Inspector General of the Department of Veterans Affairs 
may use any authority applicable to an inspector general of the Federal 
Government not otherwise available to the Inspector General that the 
Inspector General considers necessary to investigate suspected activity 
identified pursuant to subsection (a)(1).
    (d) Limitation.--The Secretary may not reopen or change a decision 
of the Department regarding an application from an individual for, or 
claim of the individual for, a benefit under a law administered by the 
Secretary pursuant to an investigation carried out under subsection 
(c), except in a case in which, pursuant to such investigation, the 
individual has been convicted by a court of competent jurisdiction of 
fraud.
    (e) Annual Report to Congress.--Not less frequently than once each 
year, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs 
of the Senate and the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the House of 
Representatives a report on the administration of subsections (a) and 
(b).
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