[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5271 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5271

 To amend title 38, United States Code, to revise the rules applicable 
 to net worth limitation with respect to eligibility for pensions for 
                           certain veterans.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 25, 2000

  Mr. Evans introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 38, United States Code, to revise the rules applicable 
 to net worth limitation with respect to eligibility for pensions for 
                           certain veterans.

    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' Family Farm Preservation 
Act''.

SEC. 2. REVISION OF RULES WITH RESPECT TO NET WORTH LIMITATION FOR 
              ELIGIBILITY FOR PENSIONS FOR VETERANS WHO ARE PERMANENTLY 
              AND TOTALLY DISABLED FROM A NON-SERVICE-CONNECTED 
              DISABILITY.

    (a) In General.--Section 1522(a) of title 38, United States Code, 
is amended by adding at the end the following: ``In determining the 
corpus of the estates of the veteran and the veteran's spouse, if any, 
the value of the real property of the veteran and the veteran's spouse 
and children shall be excluded if such property is used for farming, 
ranching, or similar agricultural purposes.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) applies 
to payment of pensions for months beginning on or after the date of the 
enactment of this Act.
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