H.R. 5245: SHIELD for Veterans Act
CBO Score
$10 million
Documentation
Date of Report
Wed November 4th, 2020
CBO Report Details
Legislation Details
116th Congress
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for a bar on the recovery of certain payments or overpayments made by the Department of Veterans Affairs by reason of delays in processing of certain information, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Chris Pappas — D — NH
Updates debt collection and overpayment processes related to Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) benefits or programs. Specifically, the bill prohibits the VA from collecting all or any part of an amount owed under a VA program if the amount is owed for any payment or overpayment that was caused by the amount of time taken by the VA to process information provided by or on beh...
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