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133 STAT. 1076
PUBLIC LAW 116–52—AUG. 23, 2019
Public Law 116–52
116th Congress
An Act
To exempt from the calculation of monthly income certain benefits paid by the
Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Honoring American Veterans
in Extreme Need Act of 2019’’ or the ‘‘HAVEN Act’’.
SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF CURRENT MONTHLY INCOME.
Section 101(10A) of title 11, United States Code, is amended
by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the following:
‘‘(B)(i) includes any amount paid by any entity other
than the debtor (or in a joint case the debtor and the
debtor’s spouse), on a regular basis for the household
expenses of the debtor or the debtor’s dependents (and
in a joint case the debtor’s spouse if not otherwise a
dependent); and
‘‘(ii) excludes—
‘‘(I) benefits received under the Social Security Act
(42 U.S.C. 301 et seq.);
‘‘(II) payments to victims of war crimes or crimes
against humanity on account of their status as victims
of such crimes;
‘‘(III) payments to victims of international ter-
rorism or domestic terrorism, as those terms are
defined in section 2331 of title 18, on account of their
status as victims of such terrorism; and
‘‘(IV) any monthly compensation, pension, pay,
annuity, or allowance paid under title 10, 37, or 38
in connection with a disability, combat-related injury
or disability, or death of a member of the uniformed
services, except that any retired pay excluded under
this subclause shall include retired pay paid under
chapter 61 of title 10 only to the extent that such
retired pay exceeds the amount of retired pay to which
the debtor would otherwise be entitled if retired under
any provision of title 10 other than chapter 61 of
that title.’’.
SEC. 3. DETERMINATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS.
The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of complying
with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, shall be determined
by reference to the latest statement titled ‘‘Budgetary Effects of
Honoring
American
Veterans in
Extreme Need
Act of 2019.
11 USC 101 note.
Aug. 23, 2019
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133 STAT. 1077
PUBLIC LAW 116–52—AUG. 23, 2019
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 2938:
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 116–169 (Comm. on the Judiciary).
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 165 (2019):
July 23, considered and passed House.
Aug. 1, considered and passed Senate.
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PAYGO Legislation’’ for this Act, submitted for printing in the
Congressional Record by the Chairman of the House Budget Com-
mittee, provided that such statement has been submitted prior
to the vote on passage.
Approved August 23, 2019.
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