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Union Calendar No. 129 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2938 

[Report No. 116–169] 

To exempt from the calculation of monthly income certain benefits paid 

by the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 23, 2019 

Mrs. MCBATH (for herself and Mr. STEUBE) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

JULY 23, 2019 

Additional sponsors: Mr. NADLER, Mr. CRENSHAW, Mr. CLYBURN, Mr. 

CHABOT, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. AGUILAR, Ms. 

CLARKE of New York, Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, Mr. CLEAVER, Ms. 

JACKSON LEE, Ms. BASS, Mr. SIRES, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. LEWIS, Mr. 

MCEACHIN, Mr. NEGUSE, Ms. ESCOBAR, Ms. MOORE, Mr. 

BUTTERFIELD, Mr. RICHMOND, Mr. LAWSON of Florida, Mr. THOMPSON

of Mississippi, Ms. PLASKETT, Mr. GREEN of Texas, Ms. WILSON of 

Florida, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Ms. JOHNSON

of Texas, Ms. FUDGE, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Ms. NORTON, Ms. KAPTUR, 

Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Mrs. AXNE, Mr. KILMER, and Ms. FINKENAUER

JULY 23, 2019 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 

and ordered to be printed 


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A BILL 

To exempt from the calculation of monthly income certain 

benefits paid by the Department of Veterans Affairs 

and the Department of Defense. 


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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Honoring American 

5 Veterans in Extreme Need Act of 2019’’ or the ‘‘HAVEN 

6 Act’’. 

7 SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF CURRENT MONTHLY INCOME. 

8 Section 101(10A) of title 11, United States Code, is 

9 amended by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the 

10 following: 

11 ‘‘(B)(i) includes any amount paid by any 

12 entity other than the debtor (or in a joint case 

13 the debtor and the debtor’s spouse), on a reg14 ular basis for the household expenses of the 

15 debtor or the debtor’s dependents (and in a 

16 joint case the debtor’s spouse if not otherwise 

17 a dependent); and 

18 ‘‘(ii) excludes— 

19 ‘‘(I) benefits received under the Social 

20 Security Act (42 U.S.C. 301 et seq.); 

21 ‘‘(II) payments to victims of war 

22 crimes or crimes against humanity on ac23 count of their status as victims of such 

24 crimes; 


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1 ‘‘(III) payments to victims of inter2 national terrorism or domestic terrorism, 

3 as those terms are defined in section 2331 

4 of title 18, on account of their status as 

5 victims of such terrorism; and 

6 ‘‘(IV) any monthly compensation, pen7 sion, pay, annuity, or allowance paid under 

8 title 10, 37, or 38 in connection with a dis9 ability, combat-related injury or disability, 

10 or death of a member of the uniformed 

11 services, except that any retired pay ex12 cluded under this subclause shall include 

13 retired pay paid under chapter 61 of title 

14 10 only to the extent that such retired pay 

15 exceeds the amount of retired pay to which 

16 the debtor would otherwise be entitled if 

17 retired under any provision of title 10 

18 other than chapter 61 of that title.’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 129 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2938 

[Report No. 116–169] 

A BILL 

To exempt from the calculation of monthly income 

erans Affairs and the Department of Defense. certain benefits paid by the Department of VetJULY 23, 2019 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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