A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide that payment made to a hospitalized incompetent veteran will not be terminated unless such veteran's estate exceeds $3,000, and for other purposes.

Increases from $1,500 to $3,000 the ceiling an institutionalized incompetent veteran's estate must reach before payments of pension and compensation are terminated. Increases from $500 to $1,000 the floor such estate must reach before payments are resumed.