[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2279 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2279

   To amend title 38, United States Code, to make discretionary the 
 financial reporting requirements applicable to recipients of certain 
                          need-based benefits.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                July 13 (legislative day, July 11), 1994

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

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend title 38, United States Code, to make discretionary the 
 financial reporting requirements applicable to recipients of certain 
                          need-based benefits.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Veterans' Benefits Income 
Verification Amendments of 1994''.

SEC. 2. RELAXATION OF MANDATORY ELIGIBILITY VERIFICATION REPORTING 
              REQUIREMENTS.

    (a) Dependency and Indemnity Compensation for Parents.--Section 
1315(e) of title 38, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in the first sentence--
                    (A) by striking out ``shall'' and inserting in lieu 
                thereof ``may''; and
                    (B) by striking out ``each year'' and inserting in 
                lieu thereof ``for a calendar year''; and
            (2) in the second sentence--
                    (A) by striking out ``revised''; and
                    (B) by striking out ``the estimated''.
    (b) Pension.--Section 1506 of such title is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2)--
                    (A) by striking out ``shall'' and inserting in lieu 
                thereof ``may''; and
                    (B) by striking out ``each year'' and inserting in 
                lieu thereof ``for a calendar year''; and
            (2) in paragraph (3)--
                    (A) by striking out ``estimated'' each time it 
                appears; and
                    (B) by striking out ``such applicant's or 
                recipient's estimate of''.

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