A Democratic amendment with no cosponsors
Changes S. 4784 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027
Offered
Offered, and not voted on yet. Most amendments never get a vote: the Senate takes up the bill and moves on without them.
Its path through Congress
- Introduced
- Pending Consideration
What this amendment would do
SA 6386, submitted by Ms. Cortez Masto, aims to add a new section to title 18 of the United States Code to create an additional tool to prevent certain frauds against veterans.
The amendment proposes the following changes:
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It adds Section 1353, which makes it a crime for anyone to knowingly execute or attempt to execute a scheme to defraud an individual of veterans' benefits or to defraud in connection with obtaining those benefits.
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It establishes penalties for this crime, which include being fined, imprisoned for not more than 5 years, or both.
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It defines a veteran based on section 101 of title 38 and defines veterans' benefits as any benefit provided by Federal law for a veteran, a dependent, or a survivor of a veteran.
- 6/24/2026
- Senate amendment submitted
This bill has no cosponsors