OFFSET OF VETERANS’ DISABILITY COMPENSATION AND DEPENDENCY AND INDEMNITY COMPENSATION FROM AWARDS UNDER RADIATION EXPOSURE COMPENSATION PROGRAM.

SEC. 302. OFFSET OF VETERANS’ DISABILITY COMPENSATION AND DEPENDENCY AND INDEMNITY COMPENSATION FROM AWARDS UNDER RADIATION EXPOSURE COMPENSATION PROGRAM.(a) Offset in Lieu of Forfeiture From Disability Compensation.—Subsection (c) of section 1112 is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:“(4) A radiation-exposed veteran who receives a payment under the provisions of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 2210 note) shall not be deprived, by reason of the receipt of that payment, of receipt of compensation to which that veteran is entitled by reason of paragraph (1), but there shall be deducted from payment of such compensation the amount of the payment under that Act.”.(b) Offset in Lieu of Forfeiture From Dependency and Indemnity Compensation.—Section 1310 is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:“(c) A person who receives a payment under the provisions of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 2210 note) shall not be deprived, by reason of the receipt of that payment, of receipt of dependency and indemnity compensation to which that person is otherwise entitled, but there shall be deducted from payment of such dependency and indemnity compensation the amount of the payment under that Act.”.(c) Effective Date.—Paragraph (4) of section 1112(c) of title 38, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall take effect with respect to compensation payments for months beginning 118 STAT. 3611 after March 26, 2002. Subsection (c) of section 1310 of such title, as added by subsection (b), shall take effect with respect to dependency and indemnity compensation payments for months beginning after March 26, 2002.