Fraud Reduction And Uncovering Deception (FRAUD) in VA Disability Exams Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 5723 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5723 To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to identify and report instances of fraud with respect to disability benefit questionnaire forms of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 8, 2025 Mr. Takano introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to identify and report instances of fraud with respect to disability benefit questionnaire forms of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 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 ``Fraud Reduction And Uncovering Deception (FRAUD) in VA Disability Exams Act''. SEC. 2. IDENTIFICATION AND REPORTING OF FRAUD WITH RESPECT TO DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS DISABILITY BENEFIT QUESTIONNAIRE FORMS. Chapter 53 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section (and conforming the tables of section at the beginning of such chapter accordingly): ``Sec. 5322. Identification and reporting of fraud with respect to disability benefit questionnaire forms ``(a) In General.--The Secretary shall carry out actions to identify fraudulent activity with respect to the submission to the Secretary of data on disability benefit questionnaire forms of the Department without regard to the source of such disability benefit questionnaire forms. Such actions shall include-- ``(1) implementing a process through which individuals responsible f