US HB1139 | 2023-2024 | 118th Congress

US Congress House Bill 1139 (Prior Session Legislation)

Status

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 147-78)
Status: Introduced on February 21 2023 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2023-03-29 - Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

To amend title 38, United States Code, to reinstate penalties for persons charging veterans unauthorized fees relating to claims for benefits under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

Title

GUARD VA Benefits Act Governing Unaccredited Representatives Defrauding VA Benefits Act

Sponsors

Rep. Christopher Pappas [D-NH]	Rep. Amata Radewagen [R-AS]	Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick [R-PA]	Rep. Jeff Van Drew [R-NJ]
Rep. Colin Allred [D-TX]	Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]	Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]	Rep. Madeleine Dean [D-PA]
Rep. Debbie Dingell [D-MI]	Rep. Brad Finstad [R-MN]	Rep. William Keating [D-MA]	Sen. Andy Kim [D-NJ]
Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]	Rep. Marilyn Strickland [D-WA]	Rep. Chrissy Houlahan [D-PA]	Rep. Gregorio Sablan [D-MP]
Rep. Bill Foster [D-IL]	Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Jim Costa [D-CA]
Rep. Nanette Barragan [D-CA]	Rep. David Valadao [R-CA]	Rep. Elise Stefanik [R-NY]	Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]
Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Robert Wittman [R-VA]	Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]	Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]
Rep. Lucy McBath [D-GA]	Rep. Katie Porter [D-CA]	Rep. Jill Tokuda [D-HI]	Rep. Susan Wild [D-PA]
Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]	Rep. Robin Kelly [D-IL]	Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon [D-PA]	Rep. Lauren Underwood [D-IL]
Rep. Glenn Grothman [R-WI]	Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]	Rep. Joseph Neguse [D-CO]	Rep. Vicente Gonzalez [D-TX]
Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Kevin Hern [R-OK]	Rep. Doug LaMalfa [R-CA]	Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi [D-IL]
Rep. Marc Veasey [D-TX]	Rep. Brendan Boyle [D-PA]	Rep. Bill Johnson [R-OH]	Rep. Greg Stanton [D-AZ]
Rep. Josh Gottheimer [D-NJ]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Rebecca Sherrill [D-NJ]	Rep. Don Bacon [R-NE]
Rep. Ed Case [D-HI]	Rep. Seth Moulton [D-MA]	Rep. Sharice Davids [D-KS]	Rep. Sean Casten [D-IL]
Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]	Rep. Andrew Garbarino [R-NY]	Rep. Elizabeth Fletcher [D-TX]	Rep. Trent Kelly [R-MS]
Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. Dean Phillips [D-MN]	Rep. Henry Cuellar [D-TX]	Rep. Sara Jacobs [D-CA]
Rep. Deborah Ross [D-NC]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. Jay Obernolte [R-CA]
Rep. Daniel Webster [R-FL]	Rep. Nikki Budzinski [D-IL]	Rep. Daniel Kildee [D-MI]	Rep. Jerry Carl [R-AL]
Rep. Claudia Tenney [R-NY]	Rep. Jared Moskowitz [D-FL]	Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]	Rep. John Sarbanes [D-MD]
Sen. John Curtis [R-UT]	Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]	Rep. Norma Torres [D-CA]	Rep. Haley Stevens [D-MI]
Rep. Mark Green [R-TN]	Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer [R-MO]	Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez [D-WA]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]
Rep. Glenn Thompson [R-PA]	Rep. Ashley Hinson [R-IA]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Pat Ryan [D-NY]
Rep. Dwight Evans [D-PA]	Rep. Rashida Tlaib [D-MI]	Rep. Yadira Caraveo [D-CO]	Rep. Anthony D'Esposito [R-NY]
Rep. Joaquin Castro [D-TX]	Sen. Adam Schiff [D-CA]	Rep. Gabe Vasquez [D-NM]	Rep. Mike Flood [R-NE]
Rep. Abigail Spanberger [D-VA]	Rep. Kathy Manning [D-NC]	Rep. Randy Feenstra [R-IA]	Rep. Frank Mrvan [D-IN]
Rep. Brittany Pettersen [D-CO]	Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer [R-OR]	Rep. Jasmine Crockett [D-TX]	Rep. Seth Magaziner [D-RI]
Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]	Rep. Thomas Kean [R-NJ]	Rep. Greg Landsman [D-OH]	Rep. Morgan McGarvey [D-KY]
Rep. James Himes [D-CT]	Rep. Debbie Lesko [R-AZ]	Rep. Doug Lamborn [R-CO]	Rep. Jake Auchincloss [D-MA]
Rep. Andrea Salinas [D-OR]	Rep. Mike Levin [D-CA]	Rep. Frank Pallone [D-NJ]	Rep. Jared Golden [D-ME]
Rep. Harriet Hageman [R-WY]	Sen. Ruben Gallego [D-AZ]	Rep. Zachary Nunn [R-IA]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]
Rep. Emilia Sykes [D-OH]	Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]	Rep. Scott Franklin [R-FL]	Rep. Dan Newhouse [R-WA]
Rep. Scott DesJarlais [R-TN]	Rep. Angela Craig [D-MN]	Rep. Rick Larsen [D-WA]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]
Rep. Neal Dunn [R-FL]	Rep. James Moylan [R-GU]	Rep. Greg Casar [D-TX]	Rep. Ernest Gonzales [R-TX]
Rep. John Carter [R-TX]	Rep. Jason Crow [D-CO]	Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]	Rep. David Trone [D-MD]
Rep. Salud Carbajal [D-CA]	Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]	Rep. Jonathan Jackson [D-IL]	Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]
Rep. Michael Simpson [R-ID]	Rep. Mike Kelly [R-PA]	Rep. Sylvia Garcia [D-TX]	Rep. Dale Strong [R-AL]
Rep. Ilhan Omar [D-MN]	Rep. Becca Balint [D-VT]	Rep. John Rutherford [R-FL]	Rep. Lloyd Smucker [R-PA]
Rep. Shri Thanedar [D-MI]	Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick [D-FL]	Rep. Christopher Deluzio [D-PA]	Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]
Rep. Delia Ramirez [D-IL]	Rep. Max Miller [R-OH]	Rep. Anna Luna [R-FL]	Rep. Teresa Fernandez [D-NM]
Rep. Bradley Schneider [D-IL]	Rep. Jeff Duncan [R-SC]	Rep. Robert Menendez [D-NJ]	Rep. Josh Harder [D-CA]
Rep. Aaron Bean [R-FL]	Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA]	Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]	Rep. Robert Latta [R-OH]
Rep. Steven Horsford [D-NV]	Rep. Bill Huizenga [R-MI]	Rep. Kat Cammack [R-FL]	Rep. Michael Burgess [R-TX]
Rep. Hillary Scholten [D-MI]	Rep. Donald Davis [D-NC]	Sen. Lisa Rochester [D-DE]	Rep. Val Hoyle [D-OR]
Rep. Jennifer Wexton [D-VA]	Rep. Charles Fleischmann [R-TN]	Rep. Terri Sewell [D-AL]	Rep. French Hill [R-AR]
Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]	Rep. Nancy Mace [R-SC]	Rep. Tom Cole [R-OK]	Rep. Melanie Stansbury [D-NM]
Rep. Michael Lawler [R-NY]	Rep. Bryan Steil [R-WI]	Rep. Brandon Williams [R-NY]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]
Rep. Burgess Owens [R-UT]	Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]	Rep. Gabe Amo [D-RI]	Rep. Eric Burlison [R-MO]
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D-MO]	Rep. Russ Fulcher [R-ID]	Rep. Lance Gooden [R-TX]	Rep. Kim Schrier [D-WA]
Rep. Mary Peltola [D-AK]	Rep. Lori Trahan [D-MA]	Sen. Jim Banks [R-IN]	Rep. Darren Soto [D-FL]
Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD]	Rep. Blake Moore [R-UT]	Rep. Jahana Hayes [D-CT]	Rep. Glenn Ivey [D-MD]
Rep. Vern Buchanan [R-FL]	Rep. Carlos Gimenez [R-FL]	Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]
Rep. Jennifer McClellan [D-VA]	Rep. David Joyce [R-OH]	Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]	Sen. Elissa Slotkin [D-MI]
Rep. Darin LaHood [R-IL]	Rep. Linda Sanchez [D-CA]	Rep. Pete Stauber [R-MN]	Rep. Lisa McClain [R-MI]
Rep. Kelly Armstrong [R-ND]	Rep. Young Kim [R-CA]	Rep. Robert Garcia [D-CA]	Rep. Marcus Molinaro [R-NY]
Rep. Troy Carter [D-LA]	Rep. Mary Miller [R-IL]	Rep. Richard Neal [D-MA]	Rep. Dusty Johnson [R-SD]
Rep. David Kustoff [R-TN]	Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]	Rep. Donald Norcross [D-NJ]	Rep. Ro Khanna [D-CA]
Rep. Joe Wilson [R-SC]

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-03-29	House	Subcommittee Hearings Held.
2023-03-20	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
2023-02-21	House	Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2023-02-21	House	Introduced in House

Same As/Similar To

SB740 (Related) 2023-04-26 - Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 118-160.
HB1822 (Related) 2023-04-14 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
SB1789 (Related) 2023-06-01 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.