[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 361 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 361

  To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide that the monthly 
 amounts paid by a State to blind disabled veterans shall be excluded 
  from the determination of annual income for purposes of payment of 
             pension by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

             February 7 (legislative day, January 30), 1995

  Mr. D'Amato (for himself and Mr. Moynihan) 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 provide that the monthly 
 amounts paid by a State to blind disabled veterans shall be excluded 
  from the determination of annual income for purposes of payment of 
             pension by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

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

SECTION 1. EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN AMOUNTS FROM INCOME DETERMINATION FOR 
              PENSION PURPOSES.

    Section 1503 of title 38, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking out ``and'' at the end of paragraph (9);
            (2) by striking out the period at the end of paragraph (10) 
        and inserting in lieu thereof ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(11) amounts equal to amounts paid to a veteran by a 
        State under a program of such State to make monthly payments to 
        qualifying veterans who are blind and totally disabled.''.
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