,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #adch  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #i1 #bjac ,mr4
 ,hastings of ,florida 7for himself1    
,mr4 ,mc,govern1 ,mr4 ,mica1 ,mr4       
,cohen1 ,mr4 ,grijalva1 ,ms4 ,bass1 ,ms4
 ,wilson of ,florida1 ,mrs4             
,christensen1 ,mr4 ,welch1 ,mr4         
,grayson1 ,mrs4 ,mc,carthy of ,new      
,york1 ,mrs4 ,beatty1 ,mr4 ,deutch1 ,mr4
 ,rangel1 ,mr4 ,faleomavaega1 ,ms4      
,jackson ,lee1 ,ms4 ,michelle ,lujan    
,grisham of ,new ,mexico1 ,mr4          
,cummings1 ,ms4 ,loretta ,sanchez of    
,california1 ,mr4 ,garcia1 ,mr4         
,gutierrez1 ,ms4 ,gabbard1 and ,ms4     
,brown of ,florida7 introduced the      
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs   
,a ,,bill  ,to amend title #ch1 ,united 
,states ,code1 to exempt reimbursements 
of certain medical expenses and other   
payments related to accident1 theft1    
loss1 or casualty loss from             
determinations of annual income with    

respect to pensions for veterans and    
surviving spouses and children of       
veterans1 and for other purposes4  #a4  
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,veterans ,pensions ,protection ,act
 of #bjac4  #b4 ,exclusion of certain   
reimbursements of medical expenses and  
other payments from determination of    
annual income with respect to pensions  
for veterans and surviving spouses and  
children of veterans  7a7 ,in general   
,paragraph 7#e7 of section #aejc7;a7 of 
title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 is    
amended to read as follows3  7#e7       
payments regarding--  7,a7              
reimbursements of any kind 7including   
insurance settlement payments7 for--    
7i7 expenses related to the repayment1  
replacement1 or repair of equipment1    
vehicles1 items1 money1 or property     
resulting from--  7,i7 any accident 7as 
defined by the ,secretary71 but the     
amount excluded under this subclause    
shall not exceed the greater of the fair
 market value or reasonable replacement 

value of the equipment or vehicle       
involved at the time immediately        
preceding the accident2  7,,ii7 any     
theft or loss 7as defined by the        
,secretary71 but the amount excluded    
under this subclause shall not exceed   
the greater of the fair market value or 
reasonable replacement value of the item
 or the amount of the money 7including  
legal tender of the ,united ,states or  
of a foreign country7 involved at the   
time immediately preceding the theft or 
loss2 or  7,,iii7 any casualty loss 7as 
defined by the ,secretary71 but the     
amount excluded under this subclause    
shall not exceed the greater of the fair
 market value or reasonable replacement 
value of the property involved at the   
time immediately preceding the casualty 
loss2 and  7ii7 medical expenses        
resulting from any accident1 theft1     
loss1 or casualty loss 7as defined by   
the ,secretary71 but the amount excluded
 under this clause shall not exceed the 
costs of medical care provided to the   

victim of the accident1 theft1 loss1 or 
casualty loss2 and  7,b7 pain and       
suffering 7including insurance          
settlement payments and general damages 
awarded by a court7 related to an       
accident1 theft1 loss1 or casualty loss1
 but the amount excluded under this     
subparagraph shall not exceed an amount 
determined by the ,secretary on a       
case-by-case basis2  4  7b7 ,effective  
date ,the amendment made by subsection  
7a7 shall take effect on the date that  
is #ahj days after the date of the      
enactment of this ,act4