[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1873 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1873

 To require certain payments made to victims of Nazi persecution to be 
 disregarded in determining eligibility for and the amount of benefits 
                       or services based on need.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 27, 1993

 Mr. Waxman (for himself, Mr. Berman, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Mr. 
   Schumer, and Mr. Gilman) introduced the following bill; which was 
           referred to the Committee on Government Operations

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require certain payments made to victims of Nazi persecution to be 
 disregarded in determining eligibility for and the amount of benefits 
                       or services based on need.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. CERTAIN PAYMENTS MADE TO VICTIMS OF NAZI PERSECUTION 
              DISREGARDED IN DETERMINING ELIGIBILITY FOR AND THE AMOUNT 
              OF NEED-BASED BENEFITS AND SERVICES.

    (a) In General.--Payments made to individuals because of their 
status as victims of Nazi persecution shall be disregarded in 
determining eligibility for and the amount of benefits or services to 
be provided under any Federal or federally assisted program which 
provides benefits or services based, in whole or in part, on need.
    (b) Applicability.--Subsection (a) shall apply to determinations 
made on or after the date of the enactment of this Act with respect to 
payments referred to in subsection (a) made before, on, or after such 
date.
    (c) Prohibition Against Recovery of Value of Excessive Benefits or 
Services Provided Due to Failure to Take Account of Certain Payments 
Made to Victims of Nazi Persecution.--No officer, agency, or 
instrumentality of any government may attempt to recover the value of 
excessive benefits or services provided before the date of the 
enactment of this Act under any program referred to in subsection (a) 
by reason of any failure to take account of payments referred to in 
subsection (a).

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