[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 995 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 995

    To amend title 38, United States Code, to restrict payment of a 
clothing allowance to incarcerated veterans and to create a presumption 
  of permanent and total disability for pension purposes for certain 
              veterans who are patients in a nursing home.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                June 29 (legislative day, June 19), 1995

Mr. Simpson (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 restrict payment of a 
clothing allowance to incarcerated veterans and to create a presumption 
  of permanent and total disability for pension purposes for certain 
              veterans who are patients in a nursing home.
    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 Reform Act of 
1995''.

SEC. 2. CLOTHING ALLOWANCE FOR INCARCERATED VETERANS.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 53 of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting after section 5313 the following new section:
``Sec. 5313A. Limitation on payment of clothing allowance to 
              incarcerated veterans
    ``In the case of a veteran incarcerated in a Federal, State, or 
local penal institution for a period in excess of sixty days and 
furnished clothing without charge by the institution, the amount of any 
clothing allowance payable to such veteran under section 1162 of this 
title shall be reduced on a pro rata basis for each day on which the 
veteran was so incarcerated during the twelve-month period preceding 
the date on which payment of the allowance would be under regulations 
promulgated by the Secretary.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 
5313 the following new item:

``5313A.  Limitation on payment of clothing allowance to incarcerated 
                            veterans.''
SEC. 3. PRESUMPTION OF PERMANENT TOTAL DISABILITY FOR CERTAIN VETERANS 
              WHO ARE NURSING-HOME PATIENTS.

    Section 1502(a) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by 
inserting ``is 65 years of age or older and a patient in a nursing home 
or, regardless of age,'' after ``such a person''.
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