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119-hr-1663119th CongressWALLET

VSAFE Act of 2025

Sponsored By: Representative Calvert, Ken [R-CA-41]

Passed House

Summary

Creates a VA-wide role to prevent and respond to scams targeting veterans. The bill creates a Veterans Scam and Fraud Evasion Officer to centralize communications, training, monitoring, and cross-government coordination so veterans, their families, caregivers, and survivors can better spot and report fraud.

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  • Veterans, families, caregivers, and survivors gain a single point of contact and clearer guidance. The Officer must promote the VSAFE Fraud Hotline and VSAFE.gov and point people to identity theft resources and protections.
  • VA employees get consistent guidance and comprehensive training plans for handling fraud inquiries and reports. The Officer must develop methods to monitor fraud metrics and use data to spot trends.
  • The Officer must coordinate with the VA Inspector General and other federal agencies, including the Internal Revenue Service, Department of Justice, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Social Security Administration, Department of Defense, and Department of Education, to improve prevention and reporting.
  • The role cannot increase the VA’s authorized full-time employee limits and does not limit the Inspector General’s authority. The Officer’s requirements and authorities end on September 30, 2030.
  • The bill moves a pension-related payment deadline from January 31, 2033 to March 31, 2033, affecting timing for those beneficiaries.

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.

New VA officer to fight scams

If enacted, VA would name a Veterans Scam and Fraud Evasion Officer to lead fraud prevention, reporting, and incident response. Veterans, families, caregivers, and survivors would have a single contact to get help and report scams. VA would promote the VSAFE Fraud Hotline and VSAFE.gov, set guidance, track scam trends, and train VA staff. The officer would coordinate with the VA Inspector General and agencies like IRS, DOJ, CFPB, and SSA. This would not add new VA full‑time positions, and these authorities would end on September 30, 2030.

VA pension deadline moved to March 2033

If enacted, the bill would move a VA pension rule deadline from January 31, 2033 to March 31, 2033. It would not change payment amounts or create a new benefit. For veterans whose pensions are subject to that rule, the current limit would remain in place two months longer.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Calvert, Ken [R-CA-41]

CA • R

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Bost, Mike [R-IL-12]

    IL • R

    Sponsored 2/27/2025

  • Rep. Cole, Tom [R-OK-4]

    OK • R

    Sponsored 2/27/2025

  • Rep. Valadao, David G. [R-CA-22]

    CA • R

    Sponsored 2/27/2025

  • Rep. Lawler, Michael [R-NY-17]

    NY • R

    Sponsored 2/27/2025

  • Rep. Wittman, Robert J. [R-VA-1]

    VA • R

    Sponsored 2/27/2025

  • Rep. Ciscomani, Juan [R-AZ-6]

    AZ • R

    Sponsored 2/27/2025

  • Rep. Stefanik, Elise M. [R-NY-21]

    NY • R

    Sponsored 4/7/2025

  • Rep. Barrett, Tom [R-MI-7]

    MI • R

    Sponsored 4/10/2025

  • Rep. Diaz-Balart, Mario [R-FL-26]

    FL • R

    Sponsored 4/10/2025

  • Rep. Tenney, Claudia [R-NY-24]

    NY • R

    Sponsored 7/10/2025

  • Rep. Buchanan, Vern [R-FL-16]

    FL • R

    Sponsored 7/29/2025

  • Rep. Fong, Vince [R-CA-20]

    CA • R

    Sponsored 8/19/2025

  • Rep. Mackenzie, Ryan [R-PA-7]

    PA • R

    Sponsored 9/11/2025

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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