119 HR 3309 IH: Autonomy for All Disabled Veterans Act U.S. House of Representatives 2025-05-08 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I119th CONGRESS1st SessionH. R. 3309IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESMay 8, 2025Mr. Sorensen (for himself, Mr. Takano, and Ms. Malliotakis) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' AffairsA BILLTo amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the amount paid by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to veterans for improvements and structural alterations furnished as part of home health services.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Autonomy for All Disabled Veterans Act.

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Increase in amount available to disabled veterans for improvements and structural alterations furnished as part of home health services

(a)

Increase

Paragraph (2) of section 1717(a) of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (1)in subparagraph (A)(ii), by striking $6,800 and inserting $10,000; and (2)in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking $2,000 and inserting $10,000. (b)

Effective date

The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to a veteran who first applies for benefits under section 1717(a)(2) of title 38, United States Code, on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. (c)

Applicability

A veteran who exhausts such veteran’s eligibility for benefits under section 1717(a)(2) of title 38, United States Code, before the date of the enactment of this Act, is not entitled to additional benefits under such section by reason of the amendments made by subsection (a).

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Adjustment for inflation

Section 1717(a) of title 38, United States Code, is further amended by adding at the end the following: (4)Except as provided in subparagraph (B), on the first day of each fiscal year, the Secretary shall increase the dollar amounts in effect under subsection (a)(2) by a percentage equal to the percentage by which the residential home cost of construction index established under section 2102(e)(3) of this title increased during the previous fiscal year. In the event that such index does not increase during such period, the Secretary shall maintain the dollar amount in effect under subsection (a)(2) during the previous fiscal year..