S 8150 — Enacts the governing unaccredited representatives defrauding (GUARD) VA benefits act
Congress · introduced 2025-05-15
Protects veterans from fraud and unaccredited representatives; institutes a civil penalty of up to $10,000 for violation; establishes the class A misdemeanor crime of unaccredited representation of a veteran; establishes a veterans' services fund.
Latest action: 2025-11-05 — SIGNED_BY_GOV
Sponsors
Action timeline
- · senate — REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS
- · senate — COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES
- · senate — ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1717
- · senate — PASSED SENATE
- · senate — DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- · assembly — REFERRED TO CODES
- · assembly — SUBSTITUTED FOR A8476
- · assembly — ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.758
- · assembly — PASSED ASSEMBLY
- · assembly — RETURNED TO SENATE
- · senate — DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
- · senate — SIGNED CHAP.491
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Inbound (2)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-05-15 | Steve Rhoads | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-05-15 | Siela Bynoe | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Siela Bynoe (—, state_upper NY-6) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Steve Rhoads (—, state_upper NY-5) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
Activity
Every typed-graph event involving this entity, newest first. Each row is one edge in the influence graph; click the date to jump to its provenance.
- 2025-05-15 · sponsored by Siela Bynoe (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-05-15 · cosponsored by Steve Rhoads (cosponsor) · sponsorship