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H.R. 1912119th CongressArmed Forces and National Security
Veteran Fraud Reimbursement Act of 2025
Sponsored by Rep. Gerald E. Connolly (D-VA) · 7 active : 4 Republicans, 3 Democrats
Latest action: Became Public Law No: 119-56.
Where it standsBecame law43 representatives score as swing votes
Became law
- House: passedMay 5, 2025
- Senate: passedNov 20, 2025
- President: Signed into lawDec 12, 2025
Summary
, via Congress.govVeteran Fraud Reimbursement Act of 2025
This act modifies the procedures by which the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) reissues misused benefits to a beneficiary, including by requiring the VA to establish methods and timing with respect to determining whether an instance of misuse by a fiduciary is the result of negligence by the VA. The act also provides that if a beneficiary predeceases a reissuance, the VA must pay the amount to a surviving beneficiary in the same method as certain other VA benefits are paid upon the death of a beneficiary.
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Under the act, the VA may not withhold the reissuing of a benefit payment by reason of a pending determination regarding the VA's negligence in relation to the instance of misuse by a fiduciary. Additionally, the VA is not required to make a determination regarding its negligence for each instance of misuse by a fiduciary of all or part of an individual's benefit paid to such fiduciary.
How the projections held up
Each member’s recorded vote compared with their swing projection from before the vote. A member by voting against most of their own party.
House
Passed by voice vote or unanimous consent: no individual votes recorded.
Senate
Passed by voice vote or unanimous consent: no individual votes recorded.
Committees and subjects
Committees
- House Committee on Veterans' Affairs · HouseReferred to
- Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs · HouseReferred to
- Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs · SenateDischarged from · Referred to
Subjects
- Administrative remedies
- Department of Veterans Affairs
- Fraud offenses and financial crimes
- Veterans' pensions and compensation
How the Senate breaks down
- 9Swing 70–100
- 62Middle 30–70
- 29Entrenched 0–30
Members fall into . All 100 senators have enough data to score. The bill is not before the Senate right now; these scores show where members would stand.
Key players in the Senate
Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v2, directional: only movement toward the other party counts, so members who sit further from the center than their party no longer score as swing votes.
Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.
Similar past votes, Senate
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Cosponsors
7 activeShow all 7 cosponsors
- Andrea Salinas (D-OR-6)
- Gregory F. Murphy (R-NC-3)
- Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ-6)
- Rashida Tlaib (D-MI-12)
- Zachary Nunn (R-IA-3)
- Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA-1)
- Josh Harder (D-CA-9)
How the swing score works
Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.
Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.
Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.
Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.
Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.
Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.
