GUARD VA Benefits Act
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What it doesSummary introduced in house (Feb 27, 2025)
Governing Unaccredited Representatives Defrauding VA Benefits Act or the GUARD VA Benefits Act
This bill imposes fines on individuals for soliciting, contracting for, charging, or receiving any unauthorized fee or compensation with respect to the preparation, presentation, or prosecution of any claim for Department of Veterans Affairs benefits. The attempted commission of such offenses is also punishable by fine.
What just happenedMar 18, 2026
Committee Hearings Held
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseFeb 27, 2025
- Mar 18, 2026Committee
Committee Hearings Held
Veterans' Affairs Committee - Mar 18, 2026Committee
Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Discharged
Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee - Mar 27, 2025Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee - Feb 27, 2025IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Judiciary Committee - Feb 27, 2025IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Veterans' Affairs Committee - Feb 27, 2025IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Feb 27, 2025IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House