[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2656 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2656

   To amend title II of the Social Security Act to disregard certain 
contributions to ABLE accounts when determining an individual's ability 
   to engage in substantial gainful activity, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 9, 2019

Mr. Austin Scott of Georgia (for himself, Mr. Garamendi, Mrs. Hartzler, 
and Mr. Crawford) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                    the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend title II of the Social Security Act to disregard certain 
contributions to ABLE accounts when determining an individual's ability 
   to engage in substantial gainful activity, and for other purposes.

    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 ``ABLE Accounts for Veterans Act of 
2019''.

SEC. 2. CERTAIN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ABLE ACCOUNTS DISREGARDED IN 
              DETERMINATION OF SUBSTANTIAL GAINFUL ACTIVITY.

    (a) In General.--Section 223(d)(4) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 423(d)(4)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(D) In determining when earnings derived from services 
demonstrate an individual's ability to engage in substantial gainful 
activity, in the case of earnings earned in a month by an individual 
who receives compensation for a service-connected disability for such 
month under chapter 11 of title 38, United States Code, the 
Commissioner of Social Security shall disregard an amount of such 
earnings equal to the amount of any contribution made by the individual 
in such month to a qualified ABLE program (as defined in section 529A 
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) established for the benefit of 
such individual.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to earnings earned for months beginning after the 
date that is 6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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