[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3004 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3004

 To amend title 38, United States Code, to limit the apportionment of 
          benefits paid by the Department of Veterans Affairs.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 6, 1993

  Mr. Slattery (by request) introduced the following bill; which was 
             referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 38, United States Code, to limit the apportionment of 
          benefits paid by the Department of Veterans Affairs.

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

SECTION 1. LIMITATION ON APPORTIONMENT OF VETERANS BENEFITS.

    Section 5301(a) of title 38, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(1)'' after ``(a)''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
    ``(2) No apportionment of benefits due or to become due under any 
law administered by the Secretary shall be made to or on behalf of any 
spouse or child of a veteran except as provided in section 5307 of this 
title.''.

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