PREVENTION OF ADVERSE EFFECTS ON ELIGIBILITY FOR, AND AMOUNT OF, BENEFITS WHEN SPOUSE OR PARENT OF BENEFICIARY IS ABSENT FROM THE HOUSEHOLD DUE TO ACTIVE MILITARY SERVICE.

SEC. 13733. PREVENTION OF ADVERSE EFFECTS ON ELIGIBILITY FOR, AND AMOUNT OF, BENEFITS WHEN SPOUSE OR PARENT OF BENEFICIARY IS ABSENT FROM THE HOUSEHOLD DUE TO ACTIVE MILITARY SERVICE. (a) Absent Person Generally Deemed To Be Living in the Household.— Section 1614(f) (42 U.S.C. 1382c(f)) is amended by adding at the end the following: “(4) For purposes of paragraphs (1) and (2), a spouse or parent (or spouse of such a parent) who is absent from the household in which the individual lives due solely to a duty assignment as a member of the Armed Forces on active duty shall, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, be deemed to be living in the same household as the individual.”. (b) Exclusion From Income of Hostile Fire Pay Received While in Active Military Service.— Section 1612(b) (42 U.S.C. 1382a(b)) is amended— (1) in paragraph (18), by striking “and” the 2nd place such term appears; (2) in paragraph (19), by striking the period and inserting “; and”; and (3) by adding at the end the following: “(20) special pay received pursuant to section 310 of title 37, United States Code.”. (c) Effective Date.— The amendments made by this section shall take effect on the 1st day of the 2nd month that begins after the date of the enactment of this Act.