,i  #aadth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bidi  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #g1 #bjae ,mr4 
,mc,henry 7for himself and ,mr4         
,butterfield7 introduced the following  
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,oversight and ,government
 ,reform  ,a ,,bill  ,to exclude        
payments from ,state eugenics           
compensation programs from consideration
 in determining eligibility for1 or the 
amount of1 ,federal public benefits4    
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,treatment of ,certain ,payments
 in ,eugenics ,compensation ,act4  #b4  
,exclusion of payments from ,state      
eugenics compensation programs from     
consideration in determining eligibility
 for1 or the amount of1 ,federal public 
benefits  7a7 ,in general               
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
law1 payments made under a ,state       
eugenics compensation program shall not 
be considered as income or resources in 
determining eligibility for1 or the     

amount of1 any ,federal public benefit4 
7b7 ,definitions ,for purposes of this  
section3 7#a7 ,federal public benefit   
,the term ,federal public benefit       
means--  7,a7 any grant1 contract1 loan1
 professional license1 or commercial    
license provided by an agency of the    
,united ,states or by appropriated funds
 of the ,united ,states2 and  7,b7 any  
retirement1 welfare1 health1 disability1
 public or assisted housing1            
postsecondary education1 food           
assistance1 unemployment benefit1 or any
 other similar benefit for which        
payments or assistance are provided to  
an individual1 household1 or family     
eligibility unit by an agency of the    
,united ,states or by appropriated funds
 of the ,united ,states4  7#b7 ,state   
eugenics compensation program ,the term 
,state eugenics compensation program    
means a program established by ,state   
law that is intended to compensate      
individuals who were sterilized under   
the authority of the ,state4