VA would check disability questionnaires for fraud and report suspicions

VA would check disability benefit questionnaires for fraud and require claims staff to report suspected fraud to its inspector general. The checks would cover questionnaires from any source. VA would routinely audit forms and notify claimants when information is insufficient to rate a disability or decide a claim. VA would report to Congress each year.

VA officials could hold agency money and proceeds from undercover work in special accounts. The inspector general must find the work necessary to detect and prosecute federal crimes. Proceeds no longer needed must go to the Treasury. Closed investigations would receive quarterly financial audits. After three years from enactment, accounts could be opened or used only for investigations begun before that cutoff. This authority would take effect 90 days after enactment.