96-32300. Poverty Threshold; Notice  

  • [Federal Register Volume 61, Number 246 (Friday, December 20, 1996)]
    [Notices]
    [Page 67376]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 96-32300]
    
    
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    DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
    
    
    Poverty Threshold; Notice
    
    AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs.
    
    SUMMARY: The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) hereby gives notice of 
    the weighted poverty threshold established for 1995 for one person 
    (unrelated individual) as established by the Bureau of the Census. This 
    amount is $7,763.
    
    DATES: For VA determinations, the 1995 poverty threshold is effective 
    September 26, 1996, the date on which it was established by the Bureau 
    of the Census.
    
    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
    Paul Trowbridge, Consultant, Compensation and Pension Service, Veterans 
    Benefits Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont 
    Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20420, (202) 273-7218.
    
    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We published a final rule amending 38 CFR 
    4.16(a) in the Federal Register of August 3, 1990, 55 Fed. Reg. 31,579. 
    The amendment provided that marginal employment generally shall be 
    deemed to exist when a veteran's earned annual income does not exceed 
    the amount established by the Bureau of Census as the poverty threshold 
    for one person. The provisions of 38 CFR 4.16(a) use the poverty 
    threshold as a standard in defining marginal employment when 
    considering total disability ratings for compensation based on 
    unemployability of an individual. We stated we would publish subsequent 
    poverty threshold figures as notices in the Federal Register.
        The Bureau of the Census recently published in the weighted average 
    poverty thresholds for 1995. The threshold for one person (unrelated 
    individual) is $7,763.
    
        Dated: December 11, 1996.
    Jesse Brown,
    Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
    [FR Doc. 96-32300 Filed 12-19-96; 8:45 am]
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Document Information

Effective Date:
9/26/1996
Published:
12/20/1996
Department:
Veterans Affairs Department
Entry Type:
Notice
Document Number:
96-32300
Dates:
For VA determinations, the 1995 poverty threshold is effective September 26, 1996, the date on which it was established by the Bureau of the Census.
Pages:
67376-67376 (1 pages)
PDF File:
96-32300.pdf