    [United States Statutes at Large, Volume 133, 116th Congress, 1st Session]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

    Public Law 116-52
    116th Congress

    An Act

    To exempt from the calculation of monthly income certain benefits paid
    by the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of
    Defense. <>

    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 ``Honoring American Veterans in Extreme
    Need Act of 2019'' or the ``HAVEN Act''.
    SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF CURRENT MONTHLY INCOME.

    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.''.
    SEC. 3. DETERMINATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS.

    The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of complying with
    the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, shall be determined by
    reference to the latest statement titled ``Budgetary Effects of

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    PAYGO Legislation'' for this Act, submitted for printing in the
    Congressional Record by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee,
    provided that such statement has been submitted prior to the vote on
    passage.

    Approved August 23, 2019.

    LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 2938:
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    HOUSE REPORTS: No. 116-169 (Comm. on the Judiciary).
    CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 165 (2019):
    July 23, considered and passed House.
    Aug. 1, considered and passed Senate.