[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 132 (Thursday, August 3, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S4885]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 758. Ms. BALDWIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
her to the bill H.R. 2810, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2018 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. EXEMPTION FROM CALCULATION OF MONTHLY INCOME, FOR 
                   PURPOSES OF BANKRUPTCY LAWS, CERTAIN PAYMENTS 
                   FROM DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS AND 
                   DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

       Section 101(10A) of title 11, United States Code, is 
     amended by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the 
     following:
       ``(B)(i) includes any amount paid by any entity other than 
     the debtor (or in a joint case the debtor and the debtor's 
     spouse), on a regular basis for the household expenses of the 
     debtor or the debtor's dependents (and in a joint case the 
     debtor's spouse if not otherwise a dependent); and
       ``(ii) excludes--
       ``(I) benefits received under the Social Security Act;
       ``(II) payments to victims of war crimes or crimes against 
     humanity on account of their status as victims of such 
     crimes;
       ``(III) payments to victims of international terrorism (as 
     defined in section 2331 of title 18) or domestic terrorism 
     (as defined in section 2331 of title 18) on account of their 
     status as victims of such terrorism;
       ``(IV) compensation under chapter 11 of title 38;
       ``(V) compensation under chapter 13 of title 38;
       ``(VI) pension under chapter 15 of title 38;
       ``(VII) retired pay payable to members of the Armed Forces 
     retired under section 1201 or 1204 of title 10;
       ``(VIII) retired pay payable to members of the Armed Forces 
     placed on the temporary disability retired list under section 
     1202 or 1205 of title 10;
       ``(IX) disability severance pay payable under section 1212 
     of title 10 to members separated from the Armed Forces under 
     section 1203 or 1206 of that title;
       ``(X) retired pay payable in accordance with section 1201 
     or 1202 of title 10, or disability severance pay payable in 
     accordance with section 1203 of that title, to members of the 
     Armed Forces eligible for such pay by reason of section 1207a 
     of that title;
       ``(XI) combat-related special compensation payable under 
     section 1413a of title 10;
       ``(XII) any monthly annuity payable under the Survivor 
     Benefit Plan under subchapter II of chapter 73 of title 10 if 
     the participant in the Plan with respect to whom the annuity 
     is payable was retired for physical disability under chapter 
     61 of that title;
       ``(XIII) the special survivor indemnity allowance payable 
     under section 1450(m) of title 10; and
       ``(XIV) any monthly special compensation payable to members 
     of the uniformed services with catastrophic injuries or 
     illnesses under section 439 of title 37.''.
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