,i  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #aaci  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #ba1       
#bjbc,mr4 ,pappas 7for himself1 ,mrs4   
,radewagen1 ,mr4 ,fitzpatrick1 ,mr4 ,van
 ,drew1 ,mr4 ,allred1 ,ms4 ,brownley1   
,mr4 ,cicilline1 ,ms4 ,dean of          
,pennsylvania1 ,mrs4 ,dingell1 ,mr4     
,finstad1 ,mr4 ,keating1 ,mr4 ,kim of   
,new ,jersey1 ,mr4 ,peters1 ,ms4        
,strickland1 ,ms4 ,houlahan1 ,mr4       
,sablan1 ,mr4 ,foster1 ,ms4 ,del,bene1  
,ms4 ,norton1 ,mr4 ,costa1 ,ms4         
,barragn1 ,mr4 ,valadao1 ,ms4 ,stefanik1
 ,mr4 ,carson1 ,mr4 ,cohen1 ,mr4        
,wittman1 ,mr4 ,lynch1 ,ms4 ,bonamici1  
,mrs4 ,mc,bath1 ,ms4 ,porter1 ,ms4      
,tokuda1 ,ms4 ,wild1 ,ms4 ,titus1 ,ms4  
,kelly of ,illinois1 ,ms4 ,scanlon1 ,ms4
 ,underwood1 ,mr4 ,grothman1 ,mr4 ,lieu1
 ,mr4 ,neguse1 ,mr4 ,vicente ,gonzalez  
of ,texas1 ,ms4 ,lee of ,california1    
,mr4 ,hern1 ,mr4 ,la,malfa1 ,mr4        
,krishnamoorthi1 ,mr4 ,veasey1 ,mr4     
,boyle of ,pennsylvania1 ,mr4 ,johnson  

of ,ohio1 ,mr4 ,stanton1 ,mr4           
,gottheimer1 ,mr4 ,mc,govern1 ,ms4      
,sherrill1 ,mr4 ,bacon1 ,mr4 ,case1 ,mr4
 ,moulton1 ,ms4 ,davids of ,kansas1 ,mr4
 ,casten1 ,mr4 ,courtney1 ,mr4          
,garbarino1 ,mrs4 ,fletcher1 ,mr4 ,kelly
 of ,mississippi1 ,mr4 ,connolly1 ,mr4  
,phillips1 ,mr4 ,cuellar1 ,ms4 ,jacobs1 
,ms4 ,ross1 ,ms4 ,pingree1 ,ms4         
,lofgren1 ,mr4 ,obernolte1 ,mr4 ,webster
 of ,florida1 and ,ms4 ,budzinski7      
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,veterans' ,affairs1 and in addition to 
the ,committee on the ,judiciary1 for a 
period to be subsequently determined by 
the ,speaker1 in each case for          
consideration of such provisions as fall
 within the jurisdiction of the         
committee concerned  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
amend title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 
to reinstate penalties for persons      
charging veterans unauthorized fees     
relating to claims for benefits under   
the laws administered by the ,secretary 

of ,veterans ,affairs1 and for other    
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,governing          
,unaccredited ,representatives          
,defrauding ,,va ,benefits ,act or the  
,,guard ,,va ,benefits ,act4  #b4       
,reinstatement of penalties for charging
 veterans unauthorized fees relating to 
claims for benefits under laws          
administered by the ,secretary of       
,veterans ,affairs ,section #eije of    
title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 is    
amended--  7#a7 in the section heading1 
by striking ,penalty and inserting      
,penalties 7and conforming the table of 
sections at the beginning of chapter #ei
 of such title accordingly72  7#b7 by   
inserting 7a7 ,withholding of           
benefits4-- before ,whoever2 and  7#c7  
by adding at the end the following new  
subsection3  7b7 ,charging of           
unauthorized fees ,except as provided in
 sections #eijd or #aihd of this title1 
whoever solicits1 contracts for1        
charges1 or receives1 or attempts to    

solicit1 contract for1 charge1 or       
receive1 any fee or compensation with   
respect to the preparation1             
presentation1 or prosecution of any     
claim for benefits under the laws       
administered by the ,secretary shall be 
fined as provided in title #ah4  4