42 U.S.C. § 18501 — Exclusion of payments from State eugenics compensation programs from consideration in determining eligibility for, or the amount of, Federal public benefits

FEDERAL · 42 U.S.C. · Chapter 160

Exclusion of payments from State eugenics compensation programs from consideration in determining eligibility for, or the amount of, Federal public benefits

Current through Pub. L. 119-102

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare·Ch. 160 — TREATMENT OF CERTAIN PAYMENTS IN EUGENICS COMPENSATION

(a)In general Notwithstanding any other provision of law, payments made under a State eugenics compensation program shall not be considered as income or resources in determining eligibility for, or the amount of, any Federal public benefit.

(b)Definitions For purposes of this section:

(1)Federal public benefit The term "Federal public benefit" means—

(A)any grant, contract, loan, professional license, or commercial license provided by an agency of the United States or by appropriated funds of the United States; and

(B)any retirement, welfare, health, disability, public or assisted housing, postsecondary education, food assistance, unemployment benefit, or any other similar benefit for which payments or assistance are provided to an individual, household, or family eligibility unit by

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(a) In general
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, payments made under a State eugenics compensation program shall not be considered as income or resources in determining eligibility for, or the amount of, any Federal public benefit.
(b) Definitions
For purposes of this section:
(1) Federal public benefit
The term "Federal public benefit" means—
(A) any grant, contract, loan, professional license, or commercial license provided by an agency of the United States or by appropriated funds of the United States; and
(B) any retirement, welfare, health, disability, public or assisted housing, postsecondary education, food assistance, unemployment benefit, or any other similar benefit for which payments or assistance are provided to an individual, household, or family eligibility unit by an agency of the United States or by appropriated funds of the United States.
(2) 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 State.

42 U.S.C. § 18501 (Exclusion of payments from State eugenics compensation programs from consideration in determining eligibility for, or the amount of, Federal public benefits) — published by Counsel Stack Legal Research, free access to 12M+ legal documents.

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History

(Pub. L. 114–241, §2, Oct. 7, 2016, 130 Stat. 976.)

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Short Title
Pub. L. 114–241, §1, Oct. 7, 2016, 130 Stat. 976, provided that: "This Act [enacting this chapter] may be cited as the 'Treatment of Certain Payments in Eugenics Compensation Act'."