[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3771 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3771

    To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide that monetary 
    benefits paid to veterans by States and municipalities shall be 
excluded from consideration as income for purposes of pension benefits 
               paid by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 14, 2002

 Mr. Crowley 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 provide that monetary 
    benefits paid to veterans by States and municipalities shall be 
excluded from consideration as income for purposes of pension benefits 
               paid by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

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

SECTION 1. EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN AMOUNTS FROM CONSIDERATION AS INCOME 
              FOR PURPOSES OF VETERANS PENSION BENEFITS.

    (a) Exclusion.--Section 1503(a) of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (9);
            (2) by redesignating paragraph (10) as paragraph (11); and
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (9) the following new 
        paragraph (10):
            ``(10) payment of a monetary amount to a veteran from a 
        State or municipality that is paid as a veterans' benefit; 
        and''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to determinations of income for calendar years 
beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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