Veterans' and Survivors' Pension Improvement Act of 1978: Hearing Before the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, United States Senate, Ninety-fifth Congress, Second Session, on S. 2384, Friday, February 3, 1978 |
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... recipient's income . A three - tier structure replaced the one - level benefit . In this manner , it was hoped , cognizance could be given to the varying degrees of need characterizing individual recipients . To protect those pensioners ...
... recipient's income . A three - tier structure replaced the one - level benefit . In this manner , it was hoped , cognizance could be given to the varying degrees of need characterizing individual recipients . To protect those pensioners ...
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... recipients . " The VA pension program should be restructured to assure that additional in- come flows to the neediest pensioners . This objective would involve raising VA payments to those pensioners who receive less total income than ...
... recipients . " The VA pension program should be restructured to assure that additional in- come flows to the neediest pensioners . This objective would involve raising VA payments to those pensioners who receive less total income than ...
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... recipient of security pension would suffer a de- crease in security pension attributable to a cost - of - living ... recipients who are more severely disabled ( those permanently housebound or in need of aid and attendance ) have ...
... recipient of security pension would suffer a de- crease in security pension attributable to a cost - of - living ... recipients who are more severely disabled ( those permanently housebound or in need of aid and attendance ) have ...
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... recipients must file an annual report showing total in- come received during previous year , the corpus of such person's estate , and such person's estimate of expected total income and net worth for the then current year . Exempted ...
... recipients must file an annual report showing total in- come received during previous year , the corpus of such person's estate , and such person's estimate of expected total income and net worth for the then current year . Exempted ...
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... recipients have become accustomed to a higher total income . Still another inconsistency and inequity results from the exclusion of all or part of income actually received from determinations of income for pension purposes . There are ...
... recipients have become accustomed to a higher total income . Still another inconsistency and inequity results from the exclusion of all or part of income actually received from determinations of income for pension purposes . There are ...
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95th Congress aid and attendance ALAN CRANSTON American Legion amounts equal amounts paid annual countable income applicable child or children clause Committee bill Congress Consumer Price Index corpus cost cost-of-living increases current law current pension program current-work income custody death dependency and indemnity dependent child determining earned income effective date election eligible for pension enacted equal to amounts estimate improved dependency improved pension benefits income standard indemnity compensation Korean conflict legislation medical expenses month need of regular paragraph parent pension payable pension rates pension under section percent permanently and totally person Public Law rate of pension rate payable receiving pension reduced regular aid residing section 521 security pension Social Security Act social security benefits Spanish-American War spouse or child subchapter subsection surviving child surviving spouse tion title 38 totally disabled United States Code veteran or surviving veteran's spouse veterans and survivors widows World War II
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Page 58 - ... sale of the old residence. (5) Sale of property; Public Law 86211 and dependency and indemnity compensation. For pension under Public Law 86-211 (73 Stat. 432) and for dependency and indemnity compensation, profit from the sale of real or personal property other than in the course of a business will not be considered income. This applies to property acquired either before or after the date of entitlement. Any amounts received in excess of the sales price will be counted as income. Where payments...
Page 696 - On this question the yeas and nays have been ordered, and the clerk will call the roll.