Department of Veterans Affairs Claim Sharks Effective Warnings Act of 2025
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve warnings about potential predatory practices regarding individuals acting as agents or attorneys in the preparation, presentation, or prosecution of veterans claims, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting veterans and veterans service providers. The main policy domain is Veterans Affairs, Government Operations, Defense.
Who Benefits and How
veterans and veterans service providers may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, veterans and veterans service providers may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section id6ac81d379af146ab831b3945b290e149: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Department of Veterans Affairs Claim Sharks Effective Warnings Act of 2025.
- Section ide6db877c84a14c9f93706ed49d867ef3: 2. Improve warnings about potential predatory practices regarding agents and attorneys for veterans claims Section 5901(b) of title 38, United States Code, is...
Evidence Chain:
This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers.
At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve warnings about potential predatory practices regarding individuals acting as agents or attorneys in the preparation, presentation, or prosecution of veterans claims, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting veterans and veterans service providers.
Key Policy Areas
Veterans Affairs, Government Operations, Defense
Primary Purpose
This bill, To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve warnings about potential predatory practices regarding individuals acting as agents or attorneys in the preparation, presentation, or prosecution of veterans claims, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting veterans and veterans service providers.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- veterans and veterans service providers
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- federal implementing agencies
- veterans and veterans service providers
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMr. Whitehouse (for himself, Mr. King, Mrs. Shaheen, and Mr. …
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Introduced in Senate
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_secretary"
- → The Secretary identified in the operative section
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