HR 506

Title: Preventing Crimes Against Veterans Act of 2017
Author: Rep. Rooney, Thomas J. [R-FL-17]

Summary
<p><strong>Preventing Crimes Against Veterans Act of 2017</strong></p> <p>This bill amends the federal criminal code to declare that any person who knowingly engages in any scheme or artifice to defraud an individual of veterans' benefits, or in connection with obtaining veteran's benefits for that individual, shall be fined, imprisoned not more than five years, or both.</p>

Status
Introduced in House 01/12/2017
Introduced in House 01/12/2017
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. 01/12/2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. 02/06/2017
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. 01/10/2018
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote. 01/10/2018
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 115-599. 03/14/2018
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 115-599. 03/14/2018
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 456. 03/14/2018
Mr. Issa moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. 03/14/2018
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1570-1573) 03/14/2018
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 506. 03/14/2018
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H1570-1571) 03/14/2018
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1570-1571) 03/14/2018
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. 03/14/2018
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. 03/15/2018

Bill Text
03/15/2018 - HR 506 (Referred+in+Senate)
01/12/2017 - HR 506 (Introduced+in+House)