[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
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[S. 1698 Referred in House (RFH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1698


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 30, 2015

      Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

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                                 AN ACT


 
  To exclude payments from State eugenics compensation programs from 
consideration in determining eligibility for, or the amount of, Federal 
                            public benefits.

    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 ``Treatment of Certain Payments in 
Eugenics Compensation Act''.

SEC. 2. EXCLUSION OF PAYMENTS FROM STATE EUGENICS COMPENSATION PROGRAMS 
              FROM CONSIDERATION IN DETERMINING ELIGIBILITY FOR, OR THE 
              AMOUNT OF, FEDERAL PUBLIC BENEFITS.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
payments made under a State eugenics compensation program shall not be 
considered as income or resources in determining eligibility for, or 
the amount of, any Federal public benefit.
    (b) Definitions.--For purposes of this section:
            (1) Federal public benefit.--The term ``Federal public 
        benefit'' means--
                    (A) any grant, contract, loan, professional 
                license, or commercial license provided by an agency of 
                the United States or by appropriated funds of the 
                United States; and
                    (B) any retirement, welfare, health, disability, 
                public or assisted housing, postsecondary education, 
                food assistance, unemployment benefit, or any other 
                similar benefit for which payments or assistance are 
                provided to an individual, household, or family 
                eligibility unit by an agency of the United States or 
                by appropriated funds of the United States.
            (2) State eugenics compensation program.--The term ``State 
        eugenics compensation program'' means a program established by 
        State law that is intended to compensate individuals who were 
        sterilized under the authority of the State.

            Passed the Senate November 30, 2015.

            Attest:

                                                JULIE E. ADAMS,

                                                             Secretary.