[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 844 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 844

To amend title XVI of the Social Security Act to provide that annuities 
 paid by States to blind veterans shall be disregarded in determining 
                 supplemental security income benefits.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 1, 2001

Mr. Reynolds (for himself, Mr. Crowley, Mr. Serrano, Mr. LaFalce, Mrs. 
Kelly, Mr. Towns, Mr. Sweeney, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. Meeks of New York, Mr. 
Quinn, Mr. Houghton, Mrs. McCarthy of New York, Mr. Grucci, Mrs. Lowey, 
 Mr. McHugh, Mr. Gilman, Mr. Fossella, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Engel, and Ms. 
  Slaughter) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title XVI of the Social Security Act to provide that annuities 
 paid by States to blind veterans shall be disregarded in determining 
                 supplemental security income benefits.

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

SECTION 1. STATE ANNUITIES FOR BLIND VETERANS TO BE DISREGARDED IN 
              DETERMINING SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME BENEFITS.

    (a) Income Disregard.--Section 1612(b) of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1382a(b)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (21);
            (2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (22) and 
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(23) any annuity paid by a State to the individual (or 
        such spouse) on the basis of the individual being a veteran (as 
        defined in section 101 of title 38, United States Code) who is 
        blind.''.
    (b) Resource Disregard.--Section 1613(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
1382b(a)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (12);
            (2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (13) and 
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (13) the following:
            ``(14) for the month of receipt and every month thereafter, 
        any annuity paid by a State to the individual (or such spouse) 
        on the basis of the individual being a veteran (as defined in 
        section 101 of title 38, United States Code) who is blind.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to benefits paid for months beginning after the date of the 
enactment of this Act.
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