,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cddc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,october #cj1        
#bjac,ms4 ,titus 7for herself1 ,mr4     
,hastings of ,florida1 ,mr4 ,honda1 ,ms4
 ,sinema1 ,mr4 ,ruppersberger1 ,mr4     
,delaney1 and ,ms4 ,shea-,porter7       
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,armed   
,services1 and in addition to the       
,committees on ,ways and ,means and     
,veterans' ,affairs1 for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend titles #ch and #cg1
 ,united ,states ,code1 to expand       
eligibility for certain caregiver       
services provided by the ,secretary of  
,veterans ,affairs1 and to modify the   
,department of ,defense special         
compensation program to make eligible   
members of the uniformed services with  
serious injuries or illnesses and to    

exempt payments of such compensation    
from taxation1 and for other purposes4  
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,streamlining ,support for      
,veterans and ,military ,caregivers     
,act4  #b4 ,expansion of eligibility for
 certain caregiver services provided by 
the ,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs    
7a7 ,in general ,section #agbj;,g of    
title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 is    
amended-- 7#a7 by striking family       
caregiver each place it appears and     
inserting caregiver2  7#b7 by striking  
family caregivers each place it appears 
and inserting caregivers2  7#c7 in      
subsection 7a7-- 7,a7 in the subsection 
heading1 by striking family2 and  7,b7  
in paragraph 7#b77;,b71 by inserting or 
illness after injury2 and  7#d7 in      
subsection 7d7-- 7,a7 by striking       
paragraphs 7#b7 and 7#c72 and  7,b7 by  
redesignating paragraph 7#d7 as         
paragraph 7#b74  7b7 ,conforming        
amendment ,section #aghb7;c77#b7 of such
 title is amended by striking family    

caregiver and inserting caregiver4  #c4 
,modification of ,department of ,defense
 special compensation to make eligible  
members of the uniformed services with  
serious injuries and illness and provide
 for tax exemption of payments  7a7     
,eligibility  7#a7 ,in general ,section 
#dci of title #cg1 ,united ,states      
,code1 is amended-- 7,a7 in subsection  
7b77#a71 by striking catastrophic and   
inserting serious2 and  7,b7 in         
subsection 7g7-- 7i7 by striking        
catastrophic and inserting serious2 and 
7ii7 in the subsection heading1 by      
striking catastrophic and inserting     
serious4  7#b7 ,clerical amendments     
7,a7 ,section heading ,the section      
heading of such section is amended by   
striking catastrophic and inserting     
serious4  7,b7 ,table of sections ,the  
table of sections at the beginning of   
chapter #g of such title is amended by  
striking the item relating to section   
#dci and inserting the following3  #dci4
 ,special compensation3 members of the  

uniformed services with serious injuries
 or illnesses requiring assistance in   
everyday living4  4  7b7 ,tax exempt    
status of payments ,subsection 7a7 of   
such section is amended by adding at the
 end the following new sentence3        
,payments of compensation under this    
section shall be exempt from taxation44 
7c7 ,effective date ,the amendments made
 by this section shall apply with       
respect to payments of special          
compensation made after the date of the 
enactment of this ,act4