,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #eib  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #af1        
#bjai,ms4 ,brownley of ,california      
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,veterans' ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
amend title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 
to ensure that the ,secretary of        
,veterans ,affairs repays the misused   
benefits of veterans with fiduciaries1  
to establish an appeals process for     
determinations by the ,secretary of     
,veterans ,affairs of veterans' mental  
capacity1 and for other purposes4  #a4  
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,protect ,veterans from ,financial  
,fraud ,act of #bjai4  #b4 ,repayment of
 misused benefits  7a7 ,in general      
,section #fajg7;b7 of title #ch1 ,united
 ,states ,code1 is amended--  7#a7 in   
paragraph 7#a71 by striking ,in any case
 in which a fiduciary described in      
paragraph 7#b7 and inserting ,in any    
case not covered by subsection 7a7 in   

which a fiduciary2  7#b7 by striking    
paragraph 7#b72 and  7#c7 by            
redesignating paragraph 7#c7 as         
paragraph 7#b74  7b7 ,application ,the  
amendments made by subsection 7a7 shall 
apply with respect to the misuse of     
benefits by a fiduciary occurring on or 
after the date of the enactment of this 
,act4  #c4 ,appeals for determinations  
of mental capacity ,section #eeja;,a of 
title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 is    
amended-- 7#a7 by striking ,the         
,secretary and inserting 7a7 ,in        
general4--,the ,secretary2 and  7#b7 by 
adding at the end the following new     
subsection3  7b7 ,appeals ,a            
determination under subsection 7a7 may  
be appealed in accordance with chapters 
#ga and #gb of this title4  4