# 119-hr-4169: Preventing Crimes Against Veterans Act of 2025

119-hr-4169, Preventing Crimes Against Veterans Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] (R-PA); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-04).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-4169
- Congress: 119
- Title: Preventing Crimes Against Veterans Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-06-26
- Sponsor: Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] (R-PA)
- Cosponsors: 19
- Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-10-04

## Summary

**Creates a new federal crime for fraud involving veterans' benefits.** The bill would make it illegal for anyone who knowingly executes or attempts a scheme to defraud a veteran, dependent, or survivor of benefits or to obtain those benefits improperly. Conviction carries a fine under Title 18, up to 5 years in prison, or both. The bill adds Section 1352 to Chapter 63 of Title 18 and updates the chapter's table of sections to list the new offense.

## Cosponsors (19)

- Rep. Scanlon, Mary Gay [D-PA-5] (D-PA), 2025-06-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Deluzio, Christopher R. [D-PA-17] (D-PA), 2025-07-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Vindman, Eugene Simon [D-VA-7] (D-VA), 2025-09-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Magaziner, Seth [D-RI-2] (D-RI), 2025-10-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Moylan, James C. [R-GU-At Large] (R-GU), 2025-10-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Newhouse, Dan [R-WA-4] (R-WA), 2025-10-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Horsford, Steven [D-NV-4] (D-NV), 2025-10-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-25] (D-FL), 2025-10-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Harder, Josh [D-CA-9] (D-CA), 2025-10-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Krishnamoorthi, Raja [D-IL-8] (D-IL), 2025-10-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gillen, Laura [D-NY-4] (D-NY), 2025-10-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1] (D-NV), 2025-10-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Shreve, Jefferson [R-IN-6] (R-IN), 2025-10-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pappas, Chris [D-NH-1] (D-NH), 2025-10-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2] (D-CO), 2025-11-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Whitesides, George [D-CA-27] (D-CA), 2025-11-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lawler, Michael [R-NY-17] (R-NY), 2025-12-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Perez, Marie Gluesenkamp [D-WA-3] (D-WA), 2025-12-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gottheimer, Josh [D-NJ-5] (D-NJ), 2026-03-12T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- New federal crime for veterans' benefits fraud: benefit, medium. This bill would make it a federal crime to knowingly run a scheme to steal veterans' benefits. It would cover scams that take a veteran’s benefits or try to get benefits for them through fraud. A person convicted could be fined, jailed for up to 5 years, or both. "Veterans' benefits" would include…

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## Sources
- [119-hr-4169 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4169)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4169 (as of 2026-10-04).