[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 536 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 536

To eliminate the unfair and disadvantageous treatment of cash military 
   compensation other than basic pay under the supplemental security 
                        income benefits program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 2, 2005

   Mrs. Davis of California introduced the following bill; which was 
              referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
To eliminate the unfair and disadvantageous treatment of cash military 
   compensation other than basic pay under the supplemental security 
                        income benefits 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 ``Military Families Financial Security 
Act''.

SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF UNIFORMED SERVICE COMPENSATION.

    (a) Treatment of Uniformed Service Cash Remuneration as Earned 
Income.--
            (1) In general.--Section 1612(a)(1)(A) of the Social 
        Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1382a(a)(1)(A)) is amended by inserting 
        ``(and, in the case of cash remuneration paid for service as a 
        member of a uniformed service (other than payments described in 
        paragraph (2)(H)), without regard to the limitations contained 
        in section 209(d))'' before the semicolon.
            (2) Certain housing payments treated as in-kind support and 
        maintenance.--Section 1612(a)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
        1382a(a)(2)) is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``and'' at the end of subparagraph 
                (F);
                    (B) by striking the period at the end of 
                subparagraph (G) and inserting ``; and''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(H) payments to or on behalf of a member of a 
                uniformed service for housing of the member (and his or 
                her dependents, if any) on a facility of a uniformed 
                service, including payments provided under section 403 
                of title 37, United States Code, for housing that is 
                acquired or constructed under subchapter IV of chapter 
                169 of title 10 of such Code, or any related provision 
                of law, and any such payments shall be treated as 
                support and maintenance in kind subject to subparagraph 
                (A) of this paragraph.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall be 
effective with respect to benefits payable for months beginning at 
least 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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