Treatment of Certain Payments in Eugenics Compensation Act Public Law 114–241 Treatment of Certain Payments in Eugenics Compensation Act 241 114–241 Statute Compilation United States House of Representatives Office of the Legislative Counsel text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. GPO Statute Compilations USLM converter, version 20210527.1 2021-10-15 Treatment of Certain Payments in Eugenics Compensation Act 12214 114 2016-10-07 Treatment of Certain Payments in Eugenics Compensation Act [(Public Law 114–241)] [This law has not been amended] [Currency: This publication is a compilation of the text of Public Law 114-241. It was last amended by the public law listed in the As Amended Through note above and below at the bottom of each page of the pdf version and reflects current law through the date of the enactment of the public law listed at https://www.govinfo.gov/app/collection/comps/] [Note: While this publication does not represent an official version of any Federal statute, substantial efforts have been made to ensure the accuracy of its contents. The official version of Federal law is found in the United States Statutes at Large and in the United States Code. The legal effect to be given to the Statutes at Large and the United States Code is established by statute (1 U.S.C. 112, 204).]
AN ACTTo exclude payments from State eugenics compensation programs from consideration in determining eligibility for, or the amount of, Federal public benefits.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. [42 U.S.C. 18501 note] SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the “Treatment of Certain Payments in Eugenics Compensation Act”.
SEC. 2. [42 U.S.C. 18501] EXCLUSION OF PAYMENTS FROM STATE EUGENICS COMPENSATION PROGRAMS FROM CONSIDERATION IN DETERMINING ELIGIBILITY FOR, OR THE AMOUNT OF, FEDERAL PUBLIC BENEFITS. (a) In General.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, payments made under a State eugenics compensation program shall not be considered as income or resources in determining eligibility for, or the amount of, any Federal public benefit. (b) Definitions.—For purposes of this section: (1) Federal public benefit.—The term “Federal public benefit” means— (A) any grant, contract, loan, professional license, or commercial license provided by an agency of the United States or by appropriated funds of the United States; and (B) any retirement, welfare, health, disability, public or assisted housing, postsecondary education, food assistance, unemployment benefit, or any other similar benefit for which payments or assistance are provided to an individual, household, or family eligibility unit by an agency of the United States or by appropriated funds of the United States. (2) [42 U.S.C. 1320b-7 note] State eugenics compensation program.—The term “State eugenics compensation program” means a program established by State law that is intended to compensate individuals who were sterilized under the authority of the State.