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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6230 

To amend title 37, United States Code, to exclude bonus payments made 

by a State or political subdivision thereof to a member of the Armed 

Forces, including a reserve component member, on account of the service 

of the member in the Armed Forces from consideration in determining 

the eligibility of the member (or the member’s spouse or family) for 

benefits or assistance, or the amount or extent of benefits or assistance, 

under any Federal program or under any State or local program financed 

in whole or in part with Federal funds. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010 

Mr. DRIEHAUS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Armed Services 

A BILL 

To amend title 37, United States Code, to exclude bonus 

payments made by a State or political subdivision thereof 

to a member of the Armed Forces, including a reserve 

component member, on account of the service of the 

member in the Armed Forces from consideration in determining the eligibility of the member (or the member’s 

spouse or family) for benefits or assistance, or the 

amount or extent of benefits or assistance, under any 

Federal program or under any State or local program 

financed in whole or in part with Federal funds. 


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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. EXCLUSION OF STATE AND LOCAL MILITARY 

4 BONUS PAYMENTS IN DETERMINING ELIGI5 BILITY FOR BENEFITS OR ASSISTANCE, OR 

6 THE AMOUNT OR EXTENT OF BENEFITS OR 

7 ASSISTANCE, UNDER FEDERAL PROGRAMS 

8 AND FEDERALLY FUNDED STATE AND LOCAL 

9 PROGRAMS. 

10 (a) EXCLUSION.—Section 371 of title 37, United 

11 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol12 lowing new subsection: 

13 ‘‘(d) TREATMENT OF STATE OR LOCAL MILITARY

14 BONUS PAYMENTS.— 

15 ‘‘(1) EXCLUSION.—Any bonus payment made 

16 by a State or political subdivision thereof to any 

17 member of the armed forces by reason of the mem18 ber’s service as a member shall not be regarded as 

19 a resource for purposes of determining the eligibility 

20 of the member (or the member’s spouse or family) 

21 for benefits or assistance, or the amount or extent 

22 of benefits or assistance, under any Federal program 

23 or under any State or local program financed in 

24 whole or in part with Federal funds. 


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1 ‘‘(2) DECEASED MEMBERS.—If a bonus de2 scribed in paragraph (1) that would otherwise be 

3 paid to a member is paid to another person because 

4 the member is deceased, paragraph (1) shall apply 

5 to the treatment of the bonus payment in deter6 mining the eligibility of the actual recipient for bene7 fits or assistance, or the amount or extent of bene8 fits or assistance, under any Federal program or 

9 under any State or local program financed in whole 

10 or in part with Federal funds. 

11 ‘‘(3) MEMBER DEFINED.—In this subsection, 

12 the term ‘member’ includes a former or retired 

13 member of the armed forces, if a bonus payment de14 scribed in paragraph (1) is made to the former or 

15 retired member by reason of the member’s service on 

16 active duty before separation or retirement.’’. 

17 (b) RETROACTIVE APPLICATION.—Subsection (d) of 

18 title 37, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), 

19 shall apply with respect to any bonus payment made by 

20 a State or political subdivision thereof to any member of 

21 the Armed Forces, as described in such subsection (d), 

22 on account of service as a member of the Armed Forces— 

23 (1) during the period beginning on August 2, 

24 1990, and ending on March 3, 1991; and 


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1 (2) since September 11, 2001. 

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