[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 98 (Wednesday, June 12, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S3418]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 348. Ms. BALDWIN (for herself and Mr. Cornyn) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 1790, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2020 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 end of subtitle H of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1086. EXEMPTION FROM CALCULATION OF MONTHLY INCOME, FOR 
                   PURPOSES OF BANKRUPTCY LAWS, CERTAIN PAYMENTS 
                   FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS AND THE 
                   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 (42 
     U.S.C. 301 et seq.);
       ``(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 or 
     domestic terrorism, as those terms are defined in section 
     2331 of title 18, on account of their status as victims of 
     such terrorism; and
       ``(IV) any monthly compensation, pension, pay, annuity, or 
     allowance paid under title 10, 37, or 38 in connection with a 
     disability, combat-related injury or disability, or death of 
     a member of the uniformed services, except that any retired 
     pay excluded under this subclause shall include retired pay 
     paid under chapter 61 of title 10 only to the extent that 
     such retired pay exceeds the amount of retired pay to which 
     the debtor would otherwise be entitled if retired under any 
     provision of title 10 other than chapter 61 of that title.''.

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