119th Congress Crime and Law Enforcement
S. 4901: Preventing Crimes Against Veterans Act of 2026
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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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Amendments
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Cosponsors
- Rick Scott R-FLOriginal
Who scored on this bill
- 1Catherine Cortez Masto SponsorDrew cross-party cosponsors, introduced2 events+6
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History
- Introduced in the Senate by Catherine Cortez Masto.
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- Introduced in Senate
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.