[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2820 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2820

 To exclude certain veterans disability benefits from consideration as 
adjusted income for purposes of determining the amount of rent paid by 
 a family for a dwelling unit assisted under the United States Housing 
                              Act of 1937.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 5, 1997

 Mr. Johnson of Wisconsin (for himself and Mr. Ehrlich) introduced the 
  following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Banking and 
                           Financial Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To exclude certain veterans disability benefits from consideration as 
adjusted income for purposes of determining the amount of rent paid by 
 a family for a dwelling unit assisted under the United States Housing 
                              Act of 1937.

    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 ``Helping America's Disabled Veterans 
Act of 1997''.

SEC. 2. EXCLUSION FROM INCOME.

    Notwithstanding section 3 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, 
for purposes of determining the amount of rent paid by a family for 
occupancy of a public housing dwelling unit or a dwelling unit assisted 
under section 8 of such Act, the adjusted income of a family shall not 
be considered to include the first $30,000 of any amounts received by 
the family from the Secretary of Veterans Affairs as--
            (1) compensation, as defined in section 101 of title 38, 
        United States Code; or
            (2) dependency and indemnity compensation, as defined in 
        such section.
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