[Congressional Bills 103th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 2389 Introduced in House (IH)] 103d CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2389 To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide that future increases in the monthly amount paid by the State of New York to blind disabled veterans shall be excluded from the determination of annual income for purposes of payment of pension by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 10, 1993 Mr. Walsh introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide that future increases in the monthly amount paid by the State of New York to blind disabled veterans shall be excluded from the determination of annual income for purposes of payment of pension 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. EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN AMOUNTS FROM INCOME DETERMINATION FOR PENSION PURPOSES. Section 1503 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 new paragraph: ``(11) amounts equal to amounts paid to a veteran by the State of New York under a program of that State to make monthly payments to qualifying veterans who are blind and totally disabled, but only to the extent that such amounts are attributable to any increase in the monthly amount of such payments that is provided after the date of the enactment of this paragraph.''. <all>