FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE 
GENTLEMAN FROM NORTH CAROLINA 
SEEK RECOGNITION? 
>> MR. SPEAKER, I MOVE THE  
HOUSE SUSPEND THE RULES AND 
PASS S. 1698, THE TREATMENT OF  
CERTAIN PAYMENTS IN EUGENICS  
COMPENSATION ACT. 
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE  
CLERK WILL REPORT THE TITLE OF  
THE BILL. 
THE CLERK: SENATE 1698, AN ACT  
TO EXCLUDE PAYMENTS FROM STATE  
EUGENICS COMPENSATION PROGRAMS  
FOR CONSIDERATION IN  
DETERMINING ELIGIBILITY FOR, OR 
THE AMOUNT OF, FEDERAL PUBLIC 
BENEFITS. 
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE:  
PURSUANT TO THE RULE THE  
GENTLEMAN FROM NORTH CAROLINA,  
MR. MCHENRY, AND THE  
GENTLEWOMAN FROM NEW JERSEY,  
MRS. WATSON COLEMAN, EACH WILL  
CONTROL 20 MINUTES. 
THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE  
GENTLEMAN FROM NORTH CAROLINA.
MR. MCHENRY: THANK YOU, MR. 
SPEAKER.
I YIELD MYSELF SUCH TIME AS I 
MAY CONSUME.
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE  
GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED.
MR. MCHENRY: I ASK UNANIMOUS  
CONSENT THAT ALL MEMBERS MAY  
HAVE FIVE LEGISLATIVE DAYS TO 
REVISE AND EXTEND THEIR REMARKS 
AND INCLUDE EXTRANEOUS MATERIAL 
ON THE BILL UNDER 
CONSIDERATION.
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE:  
WITHOUT OBJECTION.
MR. MCHENRY: I RISE IN SUPPORT  
OF SENATE BILL 1698, THE  
TREATMENT OF CERTAIN PAYMENTS 
IN EUGENICS COMPENSATION ACT. 
SENATOR TILLIS HAS BEEN WORKING 
TO GET THIS BILL PASSED THROUGH 
THE UNITED STATES SENATE AND  
IT'S A BIPARTISAN BILL. 
IT WOULD HELP VICTIMS OF STATE  
GOVERNMENT EUGENICS CAMPAIGNS 
BY EXCLUDING ONE-TIME EUGENICS  
RELATED COMPENSATION PAYMENTS 
WHEN CALCULATING FEDERAL  
BENEFITS. 
IN ESSENCE, THIS WOULD ENSURE 
THE VICTIMS OF STATE-BASED AND  
STATE-MANDATED EUGENICS 
PROGRAMS IN THE EARLY PART OF 
THE 20TH CENTURY WHICH STATES 
HAD, IT ENSURES THOSE VICTIMS 
ARE NOT FURTHER VICTIMIZED BY 
BEING KICKED OFF THE SOCIAL 
SAFETY NET WHICH MANY ARE STILL 
-- THAT ARE ALIVE STILL DEPEND  
UPON. 
MANY OF THESE VICTIMS ARE STILL 
ALIVE TODAY, AS I MENTIONED.
IN NORTH CAROLINA AT LEAST 220  
OUT OF THE REPORTED 7,600 
VICTIMS WERE STILL LIVING AS OF 
SEPTEMBER OF LAST YEAR. 
MY HOME STATE HAS WORKED TO 
MAKE AMENDS TO THOSE THAT THE 
STATE VICTIMIZED. 
OUR STATE LEGISLATORS NOW LED 
BY SENATOR TILLIS PASSED AND  
THE GOVERNOR SIGNED LEGISLATION 
THAT PROVIDED LARGE ONE-TIME  
COMPENSATION PAYMENTS TO  
VICTIMS OF EUGENICS PROGRAMS  
THAT ARE STILL ALIVE AND STILL  
IN OUR OWE SITE TODAY.
IN NORTH CAROLINA, VICTIMS CAN  
RECEIVE PAYMENTS FROM THE STATE 
GOVERNMENT RANGING FROM $2000 
TO $45,000. 
AND OUR STATE IS NOT ALONE. 
VIRGINIA HAS A SIMILAR PROGRAM  
REWARDING $25,000 IN  
COMPENSATION TO EACH VICTIM OF  
THE STATE'S EUGENICS PROGRAMS.
THESE ONE-TIME COMPENSATION 
PAYMENTS COUNT AS NORMAL GROSS  
INCOME UNDER CURRENT FEDERAL  
LAW AND COULD HAVE THE  
UNINTENDED EFFECT OF INCREASING 
SOME OF THE VICTIM'S REPORTED 
INCOME. 
THEREBY, COSTING THEM ACCESS TO 
SOME FEDERAL INCOME-BASED 
BENEFITS. 
MR. SPEAKER, SUCH AN OUTCOME IS 
UNFAIR. 
THESE INDIVIDUALS HAVE SUFFERED 
GREAT PAIN AT THE HANDS OF  
THEIR STATE GOVERNMENT AND MUST 
NOT BE FURTHER VICTIMIZED BY  
LOSING THEIR IMPORTANT BENEFITS 
THEY'RE RECEIVING TODAY.
THE TAKEAWAY IS THIS WAS A  
STATE-CREATED PROBLEM AND THE 
STATE OWED THEM COMPENSATION  
AND WE SHOULD ENSURE THAT THESE 
INDIVIDUALS ARE ABLE TO GET THE 
BENEFITS THEY NEED AND DESERVE. 
MR. SPEAKER, THIS IS IMPORTANT  
LEGISLATION THAT IS BIPARTISAN. 
I'M HAPPY TO HAVE THE SUPPORT 
OF MY COLLEAGUE, G.K. 
BUTTERFIELD, DEMOCRAT OF NORTH  
CAROLINA, REPRESENTING EASTERN  
NORTH CAROLINA AS A CO-SPONSOR  
OF THIS IMPORTANT BILL. 
AND WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO  
RETAIN THE BALANCE OF MY TIME.
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE  
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