To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide that amounts received by a veteran in a legal settlement with the Department of Veterans Affairs for injuries arising from the negligence of the Department shall be excluded from determinations with respect to annual income for purposes of programs administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs that are income-based.

Excludes amounts received by a veteran from the Department of Veterans Affairs in settlement of a legal claim against the Department for injuries caused by Department employees from annual income for purposes of determining eligibility of such veteran for Department programs.

[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1404 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1404

To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide that amounts received 
  by a veteran in a legal settlement with the Department of Veterans 
  Affairs for injuries arising from the negligence of the Department 
shall be excluded from determinations with respect to annual income for 
purposes of programs administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
                         that are income-based.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 18, 1993

Mr. Hochbrueckner 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 amounts received 
  by a veteran in a legal settlement with the Department of Veterans 
  Affairs for injuries arising from the negligence of the Department 
shall be excluded from determinations with respect to annual income for 
purposes of programs administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
                         that are income-based.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. DETERMINATIONS WITH RESPECT TO ANNUAL INCOME FOR VETERANS 
              BENEFITS.

    (a) Exclusion of Amounts Received in Certain Settlements.--Section 
1503(a) of title 38, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking out ``and'' at the end of paragraph (9);
            (2) by striking out the period at the end of paragraph (10) 
        and inserting in lieu thereof ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(11) amounts received from the United States pursuant to 
        an administrative settlement or court order arising from 
        personal injuries caused by the negligence of employees (or 
        contract personnel) of the Department of Veterans Affairs.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to determinations of annual income for periods after 
the date of the enactment of this Act.

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