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Preventing Crimes Against Veterans Act of 2025
To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide an additional tool to prevent certain frauds against veterans, and for other purposes.
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Summary
Preventing Crimes Against Veterans Act of 2025
This bill establishes a new federal criminal offense for knowingly executing, or attempting to execute, a scheme to defraud an individual of veterans' benefits, or in connection with obtaining veteran's benefits for an individual. A violator is subject to criminal penalties—a fine, a prison term of up to five years, or both.
Summary by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Actions
- Jun 26, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
- Jun 26, 2025 Introduced in House
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