Vets CLEAR Act
Sponsored By: Representative Ciscomani
In Committee
Summary
Expand recoveries routed to the Medical Care Collections Fund. This bill would expand which VA recoveries count toward the Medical Care Collections Fund, let the Secretary deposit certain reimbursements from specified VA authorities into that fund through September 30, 2028, and require regular Government Accountability Office reporting on amounts and uses.
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- Veterans and families: More payments recovered for medical care, services, or medication could be credited to the Medical Care Collections Fund, potentially increasing funds available for patient care and related services.
- Department of Veterans Affairs: The Secretary would have discretion to deposit reimbursements tied to 38 U.S.C. §1781 and §8111 into the Medical Care Collections Fund, with that authority expiring on September 30, 2028.
- Oversight and transparency: The Government Accountability Office must report at least every 180 days while the deposit authority is active, showing totals by source and describing how the Department spent the recovered funds, including categories like care, services, and staffing.
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Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
More recovered money for VA care
If enacted, this bill would let more recovered money count toward the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Care Collections Fund. It would allow recoveries under 31 U.S.C. sections 3711 and 3729–3733 and amounts recovered through administrative, legal, or judicial processes, including investigations and audits, to be counted — but only when the recovery is based on medical care, services, or medication provided or paid for under the VA medical care chapter. The bill would also let the VA Secretary, at the Secretary’s discretion, deposit reimbursements directed to the Medical Services account for care under 38 U.S.C. §1781 and §8111 into the Collections Fund. That discretionary deposit authority would expire on September 30, 2028.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Ciscomani
AZ • R
Cosponsors
Bynum
OR • D
Sponsored 3/24/2026
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