# 119-hr-1663: VSAFE Act of 2025

119-hr-1663, VSAFE Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-41] (R-CA); status passed_house; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-07-15).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-1663
- Congress: 119
- Title: VSAFE Act of 2025
- Status: passed_house
- Introduced: 2025-02-27
- Sponsor: Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-41] (R-CA)
- Cosponsors: 13
- Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-07-15

## 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. - 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.

## Cosponsors (13)

- Rep. Bost, Mike [R-IL-12] (R-IL), 2025-02-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cole, Tom [R-OK-4] (R-OK), 2025-02-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Valadao, David G. [R-CA-22] (R-CA), 2025-02-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lawler, Michael [R-NY-17] (R-NY), 2025-02-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Wittman, Robert J. [R-VA-1] (R-VA), 2025-02-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ciscomani, Juan [R-AZ-6] (R-AZ), 2025-02-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Stefanik, Elise M. [R-NY-21] (R-NY), 2025-04-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Barrett, Tom [R-MI-7] (R-MI), 2025-04-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Diaz-Balart, Mario [R-FL-26] (R-FL), 2025-04-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tenney, Claudia [R-NY-24] (R-NY), 2025-07-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Buchanan, Vern [R-FL-16] (R-FL), 2025-07-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fong, Vince [R-CA-20] (R-CA), 2025-08-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Mackenzie, Ryan [R-PA-7] (R-PA), 2025-09-11T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- New VA officer to fight scams: benefit, low. 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 guidanc…
- VA pension deadline moved to March 2033: cost, low. 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.

## Related bills

- 119-hr-7148: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026
- 119-hr-909: Crime Victims Fund Stabilization Act of 2025
- 119-hr-4382: America’s Olympic and Paralympic Games Commemorative Coins Act
- 119-hr-1628: 761st Tank Battalion Congressional Gold Medal Act
- 119-hr-842: Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act
- 119-hr-703: Main Street Tax Certainty Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-1663 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1663)

## Related
- [119-hr-7148: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7148)
- [119-hr-909: Crime Victims Fund Stabilization Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-909)
- [119-hr-4382: America’s Olympic and Paralympic Games Commemorative Coins Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4382)
- [119-hr-1628: 761st Tank Battalion Congressional Gold Medal Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1628)
- [119-hr-842: Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage A…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-842)
- [119-hr-703: Main Street Tax Certainty Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-703)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1663 (as of 2026-07-15).