[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1647 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1647

To amend title XVI of the Social Security Act to include any veterans' 
   or survivors' compensation or pension in the determination of the 
   yearly income disregard for purposes of the supplemental security 
                            income program.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            November 7, 2001

 Mrs. Lincoln introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
                  referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title XVI of the Social Security Act to include any veterans' 
   or survivors' compensation or pension in the determination of the 
   yearly income disregard for purposes of the supplemental security 
                            income program.

    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 ``Equal Treatment of VA Payments Act 
of 2001''.

SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF VETERANS' OR SURVIVORS' COMPENSATION OR PENSION IN 
              SSI INCOME DISREGARD.

    (a) Amendment to Social Security Act.--Section 1612(b)(2)(A) of the 
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1382a(b)(2)(A)) is amended by inserting 
``(for purposes of this subparagraph, income derived from compensation, 
dependency and indemnity compensation, or pension payable under chapter 
11, 13, or 15 of title 38, United States Code, or under any other law 
administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, on the basis of need 
or otherwise, shall not be considered income paid on the basis of the 
need of the eligible individual)'' after ``individual''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) takes 
effect on the first day of the first calendar year that begins after 
the date of enactment of this Act.
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