The following Bill H.R. 3485 has cleared
the House Veterans Affairs Committee
and seeks to protect the incomes of Veterans
at the state and local levels for the
purposes of VA benefits computations.

Look it over and see what you all think
because this is one of the extreme FEW
Bills coming out of this session that
we actually care about. Get your letters
or email of support entered into the
House side of Congress as soon as you
can work it if this is how the Bill
strikes your Vet chords.



Veterans Pensions Protection Act (Introduced in House)



HR 3485 IH



111th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 3485



To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide that monetary benefits paid to veterans by States and municipalities shall be excluded from consideration as income for purposes of pension benefits paid by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.


IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

July 31, 2009



Mr. HIGGINS (for himself and Mr. CROWLEY) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs


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A BILL


To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide that monetary benefits paid to veterans by States and municipalities shall be excluded from consideration as income for purposes of pension benefits paid by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.


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 `Veterans Pensions Protection Act'.

SEC. 2. EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN AMOUNTS FROM CONSIDERATION AS INCOME FOR PURPOSES OF VETERANS PENSION BENEFITS.

(a) Exclusion- Section 1503(a) of title 38, United States Code, is amended--

(1) by striking `and' at the end of paragraph (9);

(2) by redesignating paragraph (10) as paragraph (11); and

(3) by inserting after paragraph (9) the following new paragraph (10):

`(10) payment of a monetary amount to a veteran from a State or municipality that is paid as a veterans' benefit; and'.

(b) Effective Date- The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to determinations of income for calendar years beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act.

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