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Veterans Protection from Fraud Act of 2026

To amend title 18, United States Code, to enhance penalties for certain crimes committed against veterans, and for other purposes.

Introduced Apr 30, 2026

Latest action (Apr 30, 2026) Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Referred to
Judiciary Committee
Policy area
Crime and Law Enforcement
Issues
Criminal JusticeDefense

Summary

This bill amends federal criminal law to enhance penalties for certain crimes committed against veterans. Specifically, it modifies Section 2326 of title 18, United States Code, to add targeted veterans of any age to the list of groups receiving enhanced criminal penalties. The amendment expands the protections to cover veterans in addition to previously protected groups under this criminal statute.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
1 cosponsor

Actions (2)
  1. Apr 30, 2026 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. · senate
  2. Apr 30, 2026 Introduced in Senate

Similar bills (6)

Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.

  • HR 8601 — Veterans Protection from Fraud Act of 2026 · Introduced Apr 30, 2026 · Cong. 119 98%
  • HR 4169 — Preventing Crimes Against Veterans Act of 2025 · Introduced Jun 26, 2025 · Cong. 119 87%
  • S 4901 — Preventing Crimes Against Veterans Act of 2026 · Introduced Jun 24, 2026 · Cong. 119 84%
  • HR 9105 — SAFEGUARD Veterans Act of 2026 · Introduced Jun 23, 2026 · Cong. 119 76%
  • S 892 — Veteran Fraud Reimbursement Act of 2025 · Introduced Mar 11, 2025 · Cong. 119 74%
  • S 2683 — VSAFE Act of 2025 · Introduced Mar 18, 2026 · Cong. 119 74%

Full text

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

April 30, 2026

Ms. Cortez Masto (for herself and Mr. Budd) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

A BILL

To amend title 18, United States Code, to enhance penalties for certain crimes committed against veterans, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the “Veterans Protection from Fraud Act of 2026”.

SEC. 2. ENHANCED PENALTIES FOR CERTAIN CRIMES AGAINST VETERANS.

Section 2326(2) of title 18, United States Code, is amended—

(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking “or” at the end;

(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking the comma and inserting “; or”; and

(3) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following:

“(C) targeted veterans (as such term is defined in section 101 of title 38) of any age,”. <all>

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