Joseph Ainsworth Act

Bill: 116-hr-5785
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Gaetz, Matt [R-FL-1]
Introduced: 2020-02-06
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Veterans' pensions and compensation
Latest action: action_date: 2020-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-02-06
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Joseph Ainsworth Act</b></p> <p>This bill exempts veterans who are over 99 years old from a net worth limitation related to Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) pension payments. Specifically, the bill allows veterans who are over 99 years old and receive pensions from the VA as a result of serving during periods of war to continue receiving such pensions regardless of their net worth.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5785 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 6, 2020 Mr. Gaetz (for himself, Mr. Soto , and Mr. Spano ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs A BILL To amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit the application of the Department of Veterans Affairs net worth limitation to veterans otherwise eligible for pension payments who are over the age of 99.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Joseph Ainsworth Act . 2. Prohibition on application of Department of Veterans Affairs net worth limitation to veterans otherwise eligible for pension payments who are over the age of 99 Section 1522(a) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by inserting unless the age of the veteran exceeds 99 years, after this title, .