,i  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dfcc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #bb1 #bjba,mr4 
,connolly introduced the following bill2
 which was referred to the ,committee on
 ,veterans' ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to    
amend title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 
to improve the repayment by the         
,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs of     
benefits misused by a fiduciary4  #a4   
,improvement to repayment by ,secretary 
of ,veterans ,affairs of certain misused
 benefits ,section #fajg of title #ch1  
,united ,states ,code1 is amended to    
read as follows3  #fajg4 ,reissuance of 
benefits  7a7 ,reissuance of misused    
benefits  7#a7 ,in any case in which a  
fiduciary misuses all or part of an     
individual's benefit paid to such       
fiduciary1 the ,secretary shall pay to  
the beneficiary or the beneficiary's    
successor fiduciary an amount equal to  
the amount of such benefit so misused4  
7#b7 ,in any case in which the          
,secretary reissues a benefit payment   

7in whole or in part7 under paragraph   
7#a71 the ,secretary shall make a good  
faith effort to obtain recoupment from  
the fiduciary to whom the payment was   
originally made4  7#c7 ,in any case in  
which the ,secretary obtains recoupment 
from a fiduciary who has misused        
benefits1 the ,secretary shall promptly 
remit payment of the recouped amounts to
 the beneficiary or the beneficiary's   
successor fiduciary1 as the case may be1
 to the extent that such amounts have   
not been paid under paragraph 7#a74  7b7
 ,limitation on total amount paid ,the  
total of the amounts paid to a          
beneficiary or the beneficiary's        
successor fiduciary under this section  
may not exceed the total benefit amount 
misused by the fiduciary with respect to
 that beneficiary4  7c7 ,oversight of   
negligence ,the ,secretary shall        
establish methods and timing with       
respect to determining whether an       
instance of misuse by a fiduciary of all
 or part of an individual's benefit paid

 to such fiduciary is the result of     
negligence by the ,secretary4  4