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107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1221

To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish an additional basis 
   for establishing the inability of veterans to defray expenses of 
            necessary medical care, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 23, 2001

  Mr. Specter introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
             referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish an additional basis 
   for establishing the inability of veterans to defray expenses of 
            necessary medical care, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. ADDITIONAL BASIS FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF INABILITY TO DEFRAY 
              EXPENSES OF NECESSARY CARE.

    (a) Additional Basis.--Section 1722(a) of title 38, United States 
Code, is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ``or'' at the end;
            (2) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting ``; or''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(4) the veteran (including any applicable part of the 
        veteran's family) is eligible for treatment as a low-income 
        family under section 3 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 
        (42 U.S.C. 1437a) for the area in which the veteran resides.''.
    (b) Applicability.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect on January 1, 2002, and shall apply with respect to years 
beginning after December 31, 2001.
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