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Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Part C · Chapter 84 — Department of Energy

§ 7385e. Certification of treatment of payments under other laws

Statutory text

Compensation or benefits provided to an individual under this subchapter—

(1)

shall be treated for purposes of the internal revenue laws of the United States as damages for human suffering; and

(2)

shall not be included as income or resources for purposes of determining eligibility to receive benefits described in section 3803(c)(2)(C) of title 31 or the amount of such benefits.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Pub. L. 106–398 § 1(dC)(tXXXVI)(s3646) · 114 Stat. 1654

    Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 7385e

    Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [div. C, title XXXVI, § 3646], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A–510

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [div. C, title XXXVI, § 3646], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A–510

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SECTION 1. ENACTMENT OF FISCAL YEAR 2001 NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT. The provisions of H.R. 5408 of the 106th Congress, as introduced on October 6, 2000, are hereby enacted into law.

  2. Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005

    Pub. L. 108–375 div. C title XXXI § 3162(e) · 118 Stat. 1811

    Substituted · 42 U.S.C. § 7385e

    Pub. L. 108–375 substituted “this subchapter” for “part B”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 108–375 substituted “this subchapter” for “part B”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (e) Certification of Treatment of Payments Under Other Laws.— Section 3646 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 7385e) is amended by striking “subtitle B” and inserting “this title”.

2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2004—Pub. L. 108–375 substituted “this subchapter” for “part B”.

Credits

2000–2004 · 2 acts
  1. 2000Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [div. C, title XXXVI, § 3646], , 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A–510
  2. 2004Pub. L. 108–375, div. C, title XXXI, § 3162(e), , 118 Stat. 2186.
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(Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [div. C, title XXXVI, § 3646], , 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A–510; Pub. L. 108–375, div. C, title XXXI, § 3162(e), , 118 Stat. 2186.)

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