118th Congress Crime and Law Enforcement
H.R. 1179: Preventing Crimes Against Veterans Act of 2023
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Summary
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.
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Roll calls
No roll call votes have been held on this bill.
Amendments
No amendments were offered to this bill.
Cosponsors
- Mary Scanlon D-PAOriginal
- Stacey Plaskett D-VI
- Jeffrey Jackson D-NC
- Michael Lawler R-NY
- Sanford Bishop D-GA
- James (Jim) Moylan R-GU
- Josh Gottheimer D-NJ
- Michael McCaul R-TX
- Andrea Salinas D-OR
- Bradley Schneider D-IL
- Glenn Grothman R-WI
- Jared Moskowitz D-FL
- Deborah Ross D-NC
- Nicole (Nikki) Budzinski D-IL
- Jamie Raskin D-MD
- Don Bacon R-NE
- Debbie Wasserman Schultz D-FL
- Julia Brownley D-CA
- James Baird R-IN
- Andy Kim D-NJ
- Ann Kuster D-NH
- Kathy Manning D-NC
- Daniel Meuser R-PA
- Terri Sewell D-AL
- Raja Krishnamoorthi D-IL
- Debbie Lesko R-AZ
- Chris Pappas D-NH
- Sylvia Garcia D-TX
- Dan Newhouse R-WA
- Dina Titus D-NV
- Josh Harder D-CA
- Robert Latta R-OH
- Steven Horsford D-NV
- Bonnie Watson Coleman D-NJ
- Elise Stefanik R-NY
- Bennie Thompson D-MS
- Ed Case D-HI
- Seth Magaziner D-RI
Who scored on this bill
- 1Brian Fitzpatrick SponsorDrew cross-party cosponsors, introduced, reached a cosponsor milestone3 events+12
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History
- Introduced in the House by Brian Fitzpatrick.
Show the full action history (2 actions)
- Introduced in House
- Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.