To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide an additional tool to prevent certain frauds against veterans, and for other purposes.
Committees
Senate Judiciary Committee
Bill Summary
Preventing Crimes Against Veterans Act of 2016 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the federal criminal code to declare that any person who knowingly engages in any scheme or artifice to defraud an individual of veterans' benefits, or in connection with obtaining veteran's benefits for that individual, shall be fined, imprisoned not more than five years, or both. "Veterans' benefits" means any benefit provided by federal law for a veteran or a dependent or survivor of a veteran.
To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide an additional tool to prevent certain frauds against veterans, and for other purposes.
Preventing Crimes Against Veterans Act of 2016 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the federal criminal code to declare that any person who knowingly engages in any scheme or artifice to defraud an individual of veterans' benefits, or in connection with obtaining veteran's benefits for that individual, shall be fined, imprisoned not more than five years, or both. "Veterans' benefits" means any benefit provided by federal law for a veteran or a dependent or survivor of a veteran.