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(Sec. 2) 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.
"Veterans' benefits" means any benefit provided by federal law for a veteran or a dependent or survivor of a veteran.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.R. 4676 as passed House amended on Apr 12, 2016. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.
House Apr 12, 2016
Preventing Crimes Against Veterans Act of 2016
Passed · Two-thirds required
411 Yea 0 Nay 22 not voting
Crossed both parties No voting member broke with their own party.
DemocratsRepublicansFilled: YeaRing: NayGrey: not voting or present
433 members on this roll call, from the official House record. Party majorities need at least five voting members, so an independent never counts as breaking with a party.
Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor H.R. 4676 and vote against it. 1 signed when it was filed.
Organizations that named H.R. 4676 in a lobbying disclosure. Only those that cited the bill by number appear, so this is a floor, not a full list.
8 disclosures name this measure. Retrieved from LDA.gov on 2026-10-05. Senate Office of Public Records cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from LDA.gov.