§18501 Exclusion of payments from State eugenics compensation programs from consideration in determining eligibility for, or the amount of, Federal public benefits

Summary

Money paid by a state program that compensates people sterilized by the state must not be counted as income or assets when deciding whether someone can get, or how much they get of, any federal public benefit. A "federal public benefit" here means federal grants, contracts, loans, or professional or commercial licenses, and benefits like retirement, welfare, health, disability, housing, higher education aid, food assistance, unemployment, or similar programs paid by the U.S. government. A "state eugenics compensation program" is a state law program that pays people sterilized under state authority.