[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4582 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4582

To provide that in determining the income of beneficiaries for purposes 
 of the so-called minimum-income widows program for certain surviving 
 spouses of military retirees, the Secretary of Defense shall exclude 
 monthly insurance benefits under title II of the Social Security Act.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 16, 1998

  Mr. Duncan introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on National Security

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide that in determining the income of beneficiaries for purposes 
 of the so-called minimum-income widows program for certain surviving 
 spouses of military retirees, the Secretary of Defense shall exclude 
 monthly insurance benefits under title II of the Social Security Act.

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

SECTION 1. EXCLUSION OF SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS FROM INCOME CONSIDERED 
              FOR PURPOSES OF MINIMUM-INCOME WIDOWS PROGRAM.

    (a) Income Determination.--Section 4 of Public Law 92-425 (10 
U.S.C. 1448 note) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection:
    ``(f) For purposes of subsections (a)(3) and (b), the income of a 
person shall be determined without regard to any amount of monthly 
insurance benefits received by that person under title II of the Social 
Security Act.''
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to payments under Section 4 of Public Law 92-425 for 
months after September 1998.
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