99-31688. Poverty Threshold
[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 234 (Tuesday, December 7, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 68413]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-31688]
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Poverty Threshold
AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) hereby gives notice of
the weighted average poverty threshold established for 1998 for one
person (unrelated individual) as established by the Bureau of the
Census. The amount is $8,316.
DATES: For VA determinations, the 1998 poverty threshold is effective
September 30, 1999, 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 FR 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 the 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 the weighted average
poverty thresholds for 1998. The threshold for one person (unrelated
individual) is $8,316.
Dated: November 29, 1999.
Togo D. West, Jr.,
Secretary, Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. 99-31688 Filed 12-6-99; 8:45 am]
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Document Information
- Effective Date:
- 9/30/1999
- Published:
- 12/07/1999
- Department:
- Veterans Affairs Department
- Entry Type:
- Notice
- Action:
- Notice.
- Document Number:
- 99-31688
- Dates:
- For VA determinations, the 1998 poverty threshold is effective September 30, 1999, the date on which it was established by the Bureau of the Census.
- Pages:
- 68413-68413 (1 pages)
- PDF File:
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99-31688.pdf