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 108 STAT. 1450 PUBLIC LAW 103-286—AUG. 1, 1994 Public Law 103-286 103d Congress An Act Aue 1 1994 "^^ requu-e certain payments made to victims of Nazi persecution to be disregarded ' in determining eligibility for and the amount of benefits or services based on [H.R.1873] need. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 42 USC 1437a SECTION 1. CERTAIN PAYMENTS MADE TO VICTIMS OF NAZI PERSECU- note. TION DISREGARDED IN DETERMINING ELIGIBILITY FOR AND THE AMOUNT OF NEED-BASED BENEFITS AND SERV- ICES. (a) IN GENERAL.— Payments made to individuals because of their status as victims of Nazi persecution shall be disregarded in determining eligibility for and the amount of benefits or services to be provided under any Federal or federally assisted program which provides benefits or services based, in whole or in part, on need. (b) APPLICABILITY.— Subsection (a) shall apply to determinations made on or after the date of the enactment of this Act with respect to pa3nnents referred to in subsection (a) made before, on, or after such date. (c) PROHIBITION AGAINST RECOVERY OF VALUE OF EXCESSIVE BENEFITS OR SERVICES PROVIDED DUE TO FAILURE TO TAKE ACCOUNT OF CERTAIN PAYMENTS MADE TO VICTIMS OF NAZI PERSECUTION.— No officer, agency, or instrumentality of any government may attempt to recover the value of excessive benefits or services provided before the date of the enactment of this Act under any program referred to in subsection (a) by reason of any failure to take account of payments referred to in subsection (a). (d) NOTICE TO INDIVIDUALS WHO MAY HAVE BEEN DENIED ELIGIBILITY FOR BENEFITS OR SERVICES DUE TO THE FAILURE TO DISREGARD CERTAIN PAYMENTS MADE TO VICTIMS OF NAZI PERSECU- TION.—Any agency of government that has not disregarded pay- ments referred to in subsection (a) in determining eligibility for a program referred to in subsection (a) shall make a good faith effort to notify any individual who may have been denied eligibility for benefits or services under the program of the potential eligibility of the individual for such benefits or services. (e) REPAYMENT OF ADDITIONAL RENT PAID UNDER HUD HOUS- ING PROGRAMS BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO DISREGARD REPARATION PAYMENTS. — (1) AUTHORITY.—To the extent that amounts are provided in appropriation Acts for payments under this subsection, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall make pay-

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