[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 233 (Tuesday, December 6, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-29869]


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[Federal Register: December 6, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
 

Poverty Threshold

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is hereby giving 
notice of the weighted average poverty threshold in 1993 for one person 
(unrelated individual) as established by the Bureau of the Census.

DATES: The 1993 poverty threshold is for consideration effective 
October 6, 1994, the date on which it was established by the Bureau of 
the Census.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Paul Trowbridge, Consultant, Regulations Staff, Compensation and 
Pension Service, Veterans Benefits Administration, Department of 
Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20420, (202) 
273-7210.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: VA published a final regulation amending 38 
CFR 4.16(a) in the Federal Register of August 3, 1990, pages 31579-80. 
The amendment provided that marginal employment generally shall be 
deemed to exist when a veteran's earned annual income does not exceed 
the amount established by the Bureau of the Census as the poverty 
threshold for one person. VA noted that the weighted average poverty 
threshold in 1988 for one person (unrelated individual) as established 
by the Bureau of the Census was $6,024 and stated we would publish 
subsequent poverty threshold figures as notices in the Federal 
Register.
    The Bureau of the Census recently published the weighted average 
poverty thresholds for 1993. The threshold for one person (unrelated 
individual) is $7,363.

    Dated: November 25, 1994.
Jesse Brown,
Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. 94-29869 Filed 12-5-94; 8:45 am]
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