Honoring American Veterans in Extreme Need Act of 2019 Public Law 116–52 Honoring American Veterans in Extreme Need Act of 2019 52 116–52 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 HAVEN Act Honoring American Veterans in Extreme Need Act of 2019 15459 116 2019-08-23 Honoring American Veterans in Extreme Need Act of 2019 [(Public Law 116–52)] [This law has not been amended] [Currency: This publication is a compilation of the text of Public Law 116–52. 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 exempt from the calculation of monthly income certain benefits paid by the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. [11 U.S.C. 101 note] SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the “Honoring American Veterans in Extreme Need Act of 2019” or the “HAVEN Act”.
SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF CURRENT MONTHLY INCOME. Section 101(10A) of title 11, United States Code, is amended by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the following: “(B)(i) includes any amount paid by any entity other than the debtor (or in a joint case the debtor and the debtor’s spouse), on a regular basis for the household expenses of the debtor or the debtor’s dependents (and in a joint case the debtor’s spouse if not otherwise a dependent); and “(ii) excludes— “(I) benefits received under the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 301 et seq.); “(II) payments to victims of war crimes or crimes against humanity on account of their status as victims of such crimes; “(III) payments to victims of international terrorism or domestic terrorism, as those terms are defined in section 2331 of title 18, on account of their status as victims of such terrorism; and “(IV) any monthly compensation, pension, pay, annuity, or allowance paid under title 10, 37, or 38 in connection with a disability, combat-related injury or disability, or death of a member of the uniformed services, except that any retired pay excluded under this subclause shall include retired pay paid under chapter 61 of title 10 only to the extent that such retired pay exceeds the amount of retired pay to which the debtor would otherwise be entitled if retired under any provision of title 10 other than chapter 61 of that title.” .
SEC. 3. DETERMINATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS. The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, shall be determined by reference to the latest statement titled “Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation” for this Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional Record by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, provided that such statement has been submitted prior to the vote on passage.