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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
2d Session 118–457
VETERAN FRAUD REIMBURSEMENT ACT
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12, 2024.—Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of
the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. B
OST
, from the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs,
submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany H.R. 4016]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 4016) to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve
the repayment by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs of benefits mis-
used by a fiduciary, having considered the same, reports favorably
thereon without amendment and recommends that the bill do pass.
CONTENTS
Page
Amendment ..............................................................................................................
Purpose and Summary ............................................................................................ 1
Background and Need for Legislation. ................................................................... 2
Hearings ................................................................................................................... 3
Subcommittee Consideration .................................................................................. 3
Committee Consideration ........................................................................................ 3
Committee Votes ...................................................................................................... 3
Committee Oversight Findings ............................................................................... 3
Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives .................................... 3
Earmarks and Tax and Tariff Benefits .................................................................. 4
Committee Cost Estimate ....................................................................................... 4
Budget Authority and Congressional Budget Office Estimate ............................ 4
Federal Mandates Statement ................................................................................. 5
Advisory Committee Statement .............................................................................. 5
Applicability to Legislative Branch ........................................................................ 5
Statement on Duplication of Federal Programs .................................................... 5
Section-by-Section Analysis of the Legislation ...................................................... 5
Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill as Reported ...................................... 6
P
URPOSE AND
S
UMMARY
H.R. 4016, the ‘‘Veteran Fraud Reimbursement Act,’’ was intro-
duced by Rep. Gerry Connolly of Virginia on June 12, 2023. The
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