,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bfef  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #i1 #bjai,mr4   
,austin ,scott of ,georgia 7for himself1
 ,mr4 ,garamendi1 ,mrs4 ,hartzler1 and  
,mr4 ,crawford7 introduced the following
 bill2 which was referred to the        
,committee on ,ways and ,means  ,a      
,,bill  ,to amend title ,,ii of the     
,social ,security ,act to disregard     
certain contributions to ,,able accounts
 when determining an individual's       
ability to engage in substantial gainful
 activity1 and for other purposes4  #a4 
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,,able ,accounts for ,veterans ,act 
of #bjai4  #b4 ,certain contributions to
 ,,able accounts disregarded in         
determination of substantial gainful    
activity  7a7 ,in general ,section      
#bbc7;d77#d7 of the ,social ,security   
,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #dbc7;d77#d77 is    
amended by adding at the end the        
following3  7,d7 ,in determining when   
earnings derived from services          

demonstrate an individual's ability to  
engage in substantial gainful activity1 
in the case of earnings earned in a     
month by an individual who receives     
compensation for a service-connected    
disability for such month under chapter 
#aa of title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1
 the ,commissioner of ,social ,security 
shall disregard an amount of such       
earnings equal to the amount of any     
contribution made by the individual in  
such month to a qualified ,,able program
 7as defined in section #ebi;,a of the  
,internal ,revenue ,code of #aihf7      
established for the benefit of such     
individual4  4  7b7 ,effective date ,the
 amendment made by subsection 7a7 shall 
apply with respect to earnings earned   
for months beginning after the date that
 is #f months after the date of the     
enactment of this ,act4