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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 1663
To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish in the Department
of Veterans Affairs a Veterans Scam and Fraud Evasion Officer, and
for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY27, 2025
Mr. C
ALVERT(for himself, Mr. BOST, Mr. COLE, Mr. VALADAO, Mr. LAWLER,
Mr. W
ITTMAN, and Mr. CISCOMANI) introduced the following bill; which
was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
A BILL
To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish in the
Department of Veterans Affairs a Veterans Scam and
Fraud Evasion Officer, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Veterans Scam And 4
Fraud Evasion Act of 2025’’ or the ‘‘VSAFE Act of 5
2025’’. 6
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SEC. 2. VETERANS SCAM AND FRAUD EVASION OFFICER. 1
(a) I
NGENERAL.—Chapter 3 of title 38, United 2
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-3
lowing new section: 4
‘‘§ 325. Veterans Scam and Fraud Evasion Officer 5
‘‘(a) E
STABLISHMENT.—There is in the Department 6
a Veterans Scam and Fraud Evasion Officer, who shall 7
be responsible for fraud and scam prevention, reporting, 8
and incident response plans at the Department. 9
‘‘(b) R
ESPONSIBILITIES.—The Veterans Scam and 10
Fraud Evasion Officer shall carry out the following re-11
sponsibilities: 12
‘‘(1) Providing comprehensive communication 13
from the Department to Department employees and 14
veterans, their families, caregivers, and survivors 15
during strategic and time-sensitive fraud and scam 16
incidents. 17
‘‘(2) Establishing consistent guidance across 18
the enterprise for employees as well as veterans, 19
their families, caregivers, and survivors on how to 20
identify, report, and avoid fraud and scam attempts. 21
‘‘(3) Promoting the Veteran Identity Health 22
Theft Helpline of the Department (and any suc-23
cessor resource) and identifying other identity theft 24
resources available to veterans, their families, care-25
givers, and survivors, including with respect to ac-26
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tions made by the Secretary to protect the identities 1
of veterans and their beneficiaries. 2
‘‘(4) Developing methods to monitor fraud and 3
scam metrics within the Department to— 4
‘‘(A) provide internal and external report-5
ing; 6
‘‘(B) enable advanced data analytics; and 7
‘‘(C) facilitate proactive and robust fraud 8
and scam trend identification. 9
‘‘(5) Developing comprehensive training plans 10
for Department employees fielding fraud and scam 11
inquiries and reports. 12
‘‘(6) Coordinating with the Inspector General of 13
the Department and other Federal departments and 14
agencies, including the Executive Office of the Presi-15
dent, the Office of Management and Budget, the In-16
ternal Revenue Service, the Department of Justice, 17
the Department of State, the Consumer Financial 18
Protection Bureau, the Department of Defense, the 19
Department of Education, the Social Security Ad-20
ministration, and other relevant agencies to— 21
‘‘(A) create a whole-of-Government view 22
within the Department with respect to the 23
fraud prevention efforts at other Federal de-24
partments and agencies; 25
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‘‘(B) identify the proper avenues for vet-1
erans to report fraud attempts and receive as-2
sistance; and 3
‘‘(C) identify opportunities for coordination 4
with such departments and agencies. 5
‘‘(7) Consulting with veterans service organiza-6
tions and State, local, and tribal governments, as 7
necessary, to improve the understanding of fraud 8
and scam risks within the Department. 9
‘‘(c) F
ULL-TIMEEMPLOYEES.—Nothing in this sec-10
tion authorizes an increase in the number of full-time em-11
ployees otherwise authorized for the Department. 12
‘‘(d) R
ULE OFCONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-13
tion shall be construed to limit the authority of the Office 14
of Inspector General of the Department as otherwise pro-15
vided in this title or in chapter 4 of title 5 (commonly 16
referred to as the Inspector General Act of 1978).’’. 17
(b) C
LERICALAMENDMENT.—The table of sections 18
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding 19
at the end the following new item: 20
‘‘325. Veterans Scam and Fraud Evasion Officer.’’.
SEC. 3. MODIFICATION OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AF-
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FAIRS HOME LOAN FEES. 22
The loan fee table in section 3729(b)(2) of title 38, 23
United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘June 9, 24
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2034’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘June 23, 1
2034’’. 2
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