[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1149 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1149

  To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify the exclusion 
               from gross income for veterans' benefits.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 20, 1997

Mr. Bilirakis introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify the exclusion 
               from gross income for veterans' benefits.

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

SECTION 1. CLARIFICATION OF TREATMENT OF VETERANS' BENEFITS.

    (a) In General.--Subsection (a) of section 134 of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to certain military benefits) is amended 
to read as follows:
    ``(a) General Rule.--Gross income shall not include--
            ``(1) any qualified military benefit, and
            ``(2) any other benefit administered by the Secretary of 
        Veterans Affairs.''
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 1984.
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