[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3553 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3553


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 22, 2010

  Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs

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                                 AN ACT


 
   To exclude from consideration as income under the Native American 
Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 amounts received 
by a family from the Department of Veterans Affairs for service-related 
                disabilities of a member of the family.

    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 ``Indian Veterans Housing Opportunity 
Act of 2010''.

SEC. 2. EXCLUSION FROM INCOME.

    Paragraph (9) of section 4 of the Native American Housing 
Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4103(9)) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(C) Any amounts received by any member of the 
                family as disability compensation under chapter 11 of 
                title 38, United States Code, or dependency and 
                indemnity compensation under chapter 13 of such 
                title.''.

            Passed the House of Representatives April 20, 2010.

            Attest:

                                            LORRAINE C. MILLER,

                                                                 Clerk.