Congress.gov119th Congress

H.R. 1732

GUARD VA Benefits Act

Introduced Feb 27, 2025Latest action Mar 18, 2026Armed Forces and National Security

Plain-English summary

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.

Deterministically condensed from the official CRS summary; verify details in the official record.

Issue relevance

Why this appears in Paper Trail

Defense

Matched from official metadata: policy_area: Armed Forces and National Security

People and recorded decisions

Sponsors, Cosponsors & House Votes

Bradley Scott Schneider

Cosponsor · Democratic · IL

Suzan K. DelBene

Cosponsor · Democratic · WA

Zoe Lofgren

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

Janelle Bynum

Cosponsor · Democratic · OR

Michael Lawler

Cosponsor · Republican · NY

Emilia Strong Sykes

Cosponsor · Democratic · OH

Timothy M. Kennedy

Cosponsor · Democratic · NY

Scott Peters

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

Frank J. Mrvan

Cosponsor · Democratic · IN

Josh Gottheimer

Cosponsor · Democratic · NJ

Elizabeth Fletcher

Cosponsor · Democratic · TX

Eric Sorensen

Cosponsor · Democratic · IL

Russell Fulcher

Cosponsor · Republican · ID

Sam T. Liccardo

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

April McClain Delaney

Cosponsor · Democratic · MD

Wesley Bell

Cosponsor · Democratic · MO

Frank Pallone, Jr.

Cosponsor · Democratic · NJ

Brian K. Fitzpatrick

Cosponsor · Republican · PA

Greg Casar

Cosponsor · Democratic · TX

Mark DeSaulnier

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

Sharice Davids

Cosponsor · Democratic · KS

Grace Meng

Cosponsor · Democratic · NY

Judy Chu

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

Jahana Hayes

Cosponsor · Democratic · CT

Marcy Hon. M.c. Kaptur

Cosponsor · Democratic · OH

Laura Friedman

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

Robert J. Menendez

Cosponsor · Democratic · NJ

John B. Larson

Cosponsor · Democratic · CT

Seth Moulton

Cosponsor · Democratic · MA

Deborah K. Ross

Cosponsor · Democratic · NC

John W. Mannion

Cosponsor · Democratic · NY

Rashida Tlaib

Cosponsor · Democratic · MI

Marilyn Strickland

Cosponsor · Democratic · WA

Lateefah Simon

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

Jake Auchincloss

Cosponsor · Democratic · MA

Maxine Dexter

Cosponsor · Democratic · OR

Dan Newhouse

Cosponsor · Republican · WA

Mary Gay Scanlon

Cosponsor · Democratic · PA

Joaquin Castro

Cosponsor · Democratic · TX

Marie Gluesenkamp Perez

Cosponsor · Democratic · WA

Glenn Grothman

Cosponsor · Republican · WI

Josh Riley

Cosponsor · Democratic · NY

Greg Landsman

Cosponsor · Democratic · OH

Adelita S. Grijalva

Cosponsor · Democratic · AZ

Peter Allen Stauber

Cosponsor · Republican · MN

Gilbert Cisneros

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

George Whitesides

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

Ilhan Omar

Cosponsor · Other · MN

Don Davis

Cosponsor · Democratic · NC

Janice D. Schakowsky

Cosponsor · Democratic · IL

Diana DeGette

Cosponsor · Democratic · CO

Joseph Neguse

Cosponsor · Democratic · CO

Nikki Budzinski

Cosponsor · Democratic · IL

Gabriel F Amo

Cosponsor · Democratic · RI

Sara Jacobs

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

Claudia Tenney

Cosponsor · Republican · NY

Eleanor Holmes Norton

Cosponsor · Democratic · DC

Stephen F. Lynch

Cosponsor · Democratic · MA

David Kustoff

Cosponsor · Republican · TN

Christopher R. Deluzio

Cosponsor · Democratic · PA

Harold Rogers

Cosponsor · Republican · KY

Herb Md Conaway

Cosponsor · Democratic · NJ

Sarah Elizabeth Mcbride

Cosponsor · Democratic · DE

Doris O. Matsui

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

Dina Titus

Cosponsor · Democratic · NV

Bennie G. Thompson

Cosponsor · Democratic · MS

John Anthony Olszewski Jr.

Cosponsor · Democratic · MD

Donald J Bacon

Cosponsor · Republican · NE

Shomari Figures

Cosponsor · Democratic · AL

Dale W. Strong

Cosponsor · Republican · AL

Brittany Louise Pettersen

Cosponsor · Democratic · CO

Troy A. Carter Sr.

Cosponsor · Democratic · LA

Sean Casten

Cosponsor · Democratic · IL

Seth Magaziner

Cosponsor · Democratic · RI

Brad Sherman

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

Andrea Salinas

Cosponsor · Democratic · OR

James Walkinshaw

Cosponsor · Democratic · VA

Delia Ramirez

Cosponsor · Democratic · IL

Hillary J. Scholten

Cosponsor · Democratic · MI

Salud O. Carbajal

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

Kweisi Mfume

Cosponsor · Democratic · MD

Edward Case

Cosponsor · Democratic · HI

Kelly Morrison

Cosponsor · Other · MN

Mike Levin

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

Raul Ruiz

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

William R Keating

Cosponsor · Democratic · MA

Suhas Subramanyam

Cosponsor · Democratic · VA

Steve Cohen

Cosponsor · Democratic · TN

Steven Horsford

Cosponsor · Democratic · NV

Teresa Leger Fernandez

Cosponsor · Democratic · NM

Shri Thanedar

Cosponsor · Democratic · MI

Jill Naomi Tokuda

Cosponsor · Democratic · HI

S. Raja Krishnamoorthi

Cosponsor · Democratic · IL

Greg Stanton

Cosponsor · Democratic · AZ

Thomas H. Kean Jr.

Cosponsor · Republican · NJ

Jason Crow

Cosponsor · Democratic · CO

Chris Pappas

Sponsor · Democratic · NH

Burgess Owens

Cosponsor · Republican · UT

Yevgeny 'Eugene' Vindman

Cosponsor · Democratic · VA

Valerie Hoyle

Cosponsor · Democratic · OR

Gabriel Vasquez

Cosponsor · Democratic · NM

Cory Mills

Cosponsor · Republican · FL

Angela Dawn Craig

Cosponsor · Democratic · MN

Pablo Jose Hernandez Rivera

Cosponsor · Democratic · PR

Mark Pocan

Cosponsor · Democratic · WI

Jeff Mr Van Drew

Cosponsor · Republican · NJ

Lauren Underwood

Cosponsor · Democratic · IL

Jared Golden

Cosponsor · Democratic · ME

Robert Garcia

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

Maggie Goodlander

Cosponsor · Democratic · NH

Chellie Pingree

Cosponsor · Democratic · ME

Pramila Jayapal

Cosponsor · Democratic · WA

André Carson

Cosponsor · Democratic · IN

Robin L. Kelly

Cosponsor · Democratic · IL

Dave Min

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

Jim Costa

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

Emily Randall

Cosponsor · Democratic · WA

Debbie Dingell

Cosponsor · Democratic · MI

James P Mcgovern

Cosponsor · Democratic · MA

Morgan McGarvey

Cosponsor · Democratic · KY

Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann

Cosponsor · Republican · TN

Rosa L. DeLauro

Cosponsor · Democratic · CT

Melanie A. Stansbury

Cosponsor · Democratic · NM

Rick Larsen

Cosponsor · Democratic · WA

Joseph Courtney

Cosponsor · Democratic · CT

Daniel S. Goldman

Cosponsor · Democratic · NY

Kim Schrier

Cosponsor · Democratic · WA

Nanette Diaz Barragán

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

Jennifer L. McClellan

Cosponsor · Democratic · VA

Emanuel Cleaver

Cosponsor · Democratic · MO

Mike Quigley

Cosponsor · Democratic · IL

Haley M. Stevens

Cosponsor · Democratic · MI

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Official Subjects

Armed Forces and National SecurityUser charges and feesVeterans' pensions and compensationCivil actions and liabilityFraud offenses and financial crimes

Sources & text

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