CONGRESS FOR VOTERS

Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA)

Preventing Crimes Against Veterans Act of 2025

H.R. 4169 · House bill Crime and Law Enforcement

A Republican bill with 15 Democratic cosponsors · See all 19 cosponsors

Last activity — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

In committee

Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.

The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. In Committee

What this bill would do

This bill, titled the ``Preventing Crimes Against Veterans Act of 2025'', aims to amend title 18 of the United States Code. It seeks to provide a new tool to prevent specific frauds committed against veterans. The legislation proposes adding Section 1352 to Chapter 63 of title 18. This new section would criminalize schemes intended to defraud individuals of their veterans' benefits. Convictions under this section could result in fines, imprisonment for up to 5 years, or both.

Yes

  • Scored +7

    Would veterans be better off under this, taking everything together?

    The bill provides strong legal protections to prevent the theft of veterans' benefits.

  • Scored +5

    Does this increase the pay, pensions or support veterans receive?

    The bill protects the integrity of veterans' benefits by criminalizing fraudulent schemes.

The opposite

No question was scored the opposite.