S.Amdt. 2643

SA 2643. Ms. BALDWIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 2282 submitted by Mr. Inhofe (for himself and Mr.
McCain) and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 5515, to authorize
appropriations for fiscal year 2019 for military activities of the
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle F of title X, add the following:

SEC. ___. EXEMPTION FROM CALCULATION OF MONTHLY INCOME, FOR
PURPOSES OF BANKRUPTCY LAWS, CERTAIN PAYMENTS
FROM DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS AND
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

Section 101(10A) of title 11, United States Code, is
amended by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the
following:
``(B)(i) includes any amount paid by any entity other than
the debtor (or in a joint case the debtor and the debtor's
spouse), on a regular basis for the household expenses of the
debtor or the debtor's dependents (and in a joint case the
debtor's spouse if not otherwise a dependent); and
``(ii) excludes--
``(I) benefits received under the Social Security Act;
``(II) payments to victims of war crimes or crimes against
humanity on account of their status as victims of such
crimes;
``(III) payments to victims of international terrorism (as
defined in section 2331 of title 18) or domestic terrorism
(as defined in section 2331 of title 18) on account of their
status as victims of such terrorism;
``(IV) compensation under chapter 11 of title 38;
``(V) compensation under chapter 13 of title 38;
``(VI) pension under chapter 15 of title 38;
``(VII) retired pay payable to members of the Armed Forces
retired under section 1201 or 1204 of title 10;
``(VIII) retired pay payable to members of the Armed Forces
placed on the temporary disability retired list under section
1202 or 1205 of title 10;
``(IX) disability severance pay payable under section 1212
of title 10 to members separated from the Armed Forces under
section 1203 or 1206 of that title;
``(X) retired pay payable in accordance with section 1201
or 1202 of title 10, or disability severance pay payable in
accordance with section 1203 of that title, to members of the
Armed Forces eligible for such pay by reason of section 1207a
of that title;
``(XI) combat-related special compensation payable under
section 1413a of title 10;
``(XII) any monthly annuity payable under the Survivor
Benefit Plan under subchapter II of chapter 73 of title 10 if
the participant in the Plan with respect to whom the annuity
is payable was retired for physical disability under chapter
61 of that title;
``(XIII) the special survivor indemnity allowance payable
under section 1450(m) of title 10; and
``(XIV) any monthly special compensation payable to members
of the uniformed services with catastrophic injuries or
illnesses under section 439 of title 37.''.
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