S. 1698: Treatment of Certain Payments in Eugenics Compensation Act

CBO Score

$5 million

Date of Report

Thu January 21st, 2016

CBO Report Details

Legislation Details

114th Congress

A bill to exclude payments from State eugenics compensation programs from consideration in determining eligibility for, or the amount of, Federal public benefits.

Sponsor: Sen. Thom Tillis — R — NC

This bill excludes payments made under a state eugenics compensation program from classification as income or resources for purposes of determining the eligibility of a recipient of such compensation for, or the amount of, any federal public benefit. The bill defines "state eugenics compensation program" as a state program for compensating individuals who were sterilized under the authority of the state.

View the full vote history of this bill on GovTrack.us.

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