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The Veterans Scam and Fraud Evasion (VSAFE) Act of 2025 aims to combat the rising threat of predatory schemes targeting the veteran community. If enacted, the bill would create a new position within the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) known as the Veterans Scam and Fraud Evasion Officer. This official would be responsible for centralizing the agency's efforts to prevent, report, and respond to fraudulent activities that target veterans' benefits, identities, and personal finances.
The proposed officer would be tasked with developing comprehensive communication plans to alert veterans and their families about active scams. The bill also seeks to improve the coordination of existing resources, such as the VSAFE fraud hotline and website, while providing consistent guidance to VA employees on how to identify and report suspicious activities. Additionally, the legislation proposes that the officer monitor fraud metrics to identify emerging trends and coordinate with other federal agencies to better protect veterans from financial exploitation.
To manage costs, the bill specifies that the creation of this role should not increase the total number of full-time employees at the VA, suggesting the position would be filled using existing staffing levels. The authority for this new office would be temporary, currently set to expire at the end of fiscal year 2030 unless further action is taken by Congress.
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119th Congress
Introduced
Sep 2, 2025
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.
Dec 10, 2025
Dec 10, 2025 · 21:00
The Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs held a hearing on December 11, 2025, to examine 27 bills aimed at improving various veteran benefits and services. The bills covered a broad range of topics including allowing Purple Heart recipients to transfer educational benefits to family members, establishing a VA Office of Falls Prevention, creating a firearm secure storage program for veterans, expanding burial benefits, improving the efficiency of benefits claims processing, ensuring veterans in secrecy oath programs receive earned benefits, expanding access to critical access hospitals, and addressing toxic exposure research for descendants of exposed service members. The hearing also addressed emergency management capabilities at the VA, death certification procedures, educational assistance for examinations, veteran fraud prevention, hyperbaric oxygen therapy access, rural veteran partnerships, temporary lodging for service members, and community integration platforms for veteran services. No witnesses were listed for this hearing, which examined legislation addressing multiple aspects of veteran healthcare, education, burial, and support services. The bills represent efforts to streamline VA operations, expand access to care in underserved areas, and provide additional benefits to veterans and their families. A hearing does not guarantee that any of these bills will advance to a vote or become law; the committee will need to determine which bills, if any, merit further consideration and action.
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Mar 18, 2026
Mar 18, 2026 · 16:00
On March 18, 2026, the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs held a business meeting to consider a wide-ranging slate of legislation designed to improve the lives of veterans, their survivors, and their families. The meeting focused on more than 20 individual bills addressing critical gaps in current Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) services. Key proposals included S.342, which would allow Purple Heart recipients to transfer unused Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits to family members, and S.649, which seeks to expand education eligibility for National Guard members. Other significant measures, such as the Molly R. Loomis Research for Descendants of Toxic Exposed Veterans Act, aimed to fund research into the health conditions of children whose parents were exposed to toxic substances during military service. The committee also reviewed administrative and healthcare reforms, such as S.1657, which prevents the VA from denying benefit claims solely because a veteran missed a medical exam, and S.3138, which would provide specialized prosthetics for veterans participating in sports and recreation. Additional bills addressed rural healthcare access, emergency management capabilities, and the timely certification of death certificates by VA medical staff. By bundling these diverse issues into a single business meeting, the committee signaled an effort to streamline legislative improvements across the VA's educational, medical, and cemetery administrations. Because this was a business meeting to consider the legislation, the committee's primary goal was to discuss the merits of the bills and potentially vote on whether to report them to the full Senate for further consideration. While the meeting represents a significant step in the legislative process, it does not guarantee that any of the bills will become law. Each measure must still pass the full Senate and the House of Representatives before being sent to the President for a signature.
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.
Dec 10, 2025
Dec 10, 2025 · 21:00
The Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs held a hearing on December 11, 2025, to examine 27 bills aimed at improving various veteran benefits and services. The bills covered a broad range of topics including allowing Purple Heart recipients to transfer educational benefits to family members, establishing a VA Office of Falls Prevention, creating a firearm secure storage program for veterans, expanding burial benefits, improving the efficiency of benefits claims processing, ensuring veterans in secrecy oath programs receive earned benefits, expanding access to critical access hospitals, and addressing toxic exposure research for descendants of exposed service members. The hearing also addressed emergency management capabilities at the VA, death certification procedures, educational assistance for examinations, veteran fraud prevention, hyperbaric oxygen therapy access, rural veteran partnerships, temporary lodging for service members, and community integration platforms for veteran services. No witnesses were listed for this hearing, which examined legislation addressing multiple aspects of veteran healthcare, education, burial, and support services. The bills represent efforts to streamline VA operations, expand access to care in underserved areas, and provide additional benefits to veterans and their families. A hearing does not guarantee that any of these bills will advance to a vote or become law; the committee will need to determine which bills, if any, merit further consideration and action.
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Mar 18, 2026
Mar 18, 2026 · 16:00
On March 18, 2026, the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs held a business meeting to consider a wide-ranging slate of legislation designed to improve the lives of veterans, their survivors, and their families. The meeting focused on more than 20 individual bills addressing critical gaps in current Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) services. Key proposals included S.342, which would allow Purple Heart recipients to transfer unused Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits to family members, and S.649, which seeks to expand education eligibility for National Guard members. Other significant measures, such as the Molly R. Loomis Research for Descendants of Toxic Exposed Veterans Act, aimed to fund research into the health conditions of children whose parents were exposed to toxic substances during military service. The committee also reviewed administrative and healthcare reforms, such as S.1657, which prevents the VA from denying benefit claims solely because a veteran missed a medical exam, and S.3138, which would provide specialized prosthetics for veterans participating in sports and recreation. Additional bills addressed rural healthcare access, emergency management capabilities, and the timely certification of death certificates by VA medical staff. By bundling these diverse issues into a single business meeting, the committee signaled an effort to streamline legislative improvements across the VA's educational, medical, and cemetery administrations. Because this was a business meeting to consider the legislation, the committee's primary goal was to discuss the merits of the bills and potentially vote on whether to report them to the full Senate for further consideration. While the meeting represents a significant step in the legislative process, it does not guarantee that any of the bills will become law. Each measure must still pass the full Senate and the House of Representatives before being sent to the President for a signature.
