[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3458 Engrossed Amendment Senate (EAS)]

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

                  In the Senate of the United States,

                                                    September 26, 1996.
      Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R. 
3458) entitled ``An Act to increase, effective as of December 1, 1996, 
the rates of compensation for veterans with service-connected 
disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for 
the survivors of certain disabled veterans.'', do pass with the 
following

                              AMENDMENTS:

            Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-
Living Adjustment Act of 1996''.

SEC. 2. INCREASE IN COMPENSATION RATES AND LIMITATIONS.

    (a) In General.--(1) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall, as 
provided in paragraph (2), increase, effective December 1, 1996, the 
rates of and limitations on Department of Veterans Affairs disability 
compensation and dependency and indemnity compensation.
    (2) The Secretary shall increase each of the rates and limitations 
in sections 1114, 1115(1), 1162, 1311, 1313, and 1314 of title 38, 
United States Code, that were increased by the amendments made by the 
Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 1995 (Public 
Law No. 104-57; 109 Stat. 555). This increase shall be made in such 
rates and limitations as in effect on November 30, 1996, and shall be 
by the same percentage that benefit amounts payable under title II of 
the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 401 et seq.) are increased effective 
December 1, 1996, as a result of a determination under section 215(i) 
of such Act (42 U.S.C. 415(i)).
    (b) Special Rule.--The Secretary may adjust administratively, 
consistent with the increases made under subsection (a)(2), the rates 
of disability compensation payable to persons within the purview of 
section 10 of Public Law 85-857 (72 Stat. 1263) who are not in receipt 
of compensation payable pursuant to chapter 11 of title 38, United 
States Code.
    (c) Publication Requirement.--At the same time as the matters 
specified in section 215(i)(2)(D) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
415(i)(2)(D)) are required to be published by reason of a determination 
made under section 215(i) of such Act during fiscal year 1996, the 
Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register the rates and 
limitations referred to in subsection (a)(2) as increased under this 
section.

            Amend the title so as to read: ``An Act to increase, 
        effective as of December 1, 1996, the rates of disability 
        compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities 
        and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for 
        survivors of certain service-connected disabled veterans, and 
        for other purposes.''.

            Attest:

                                                             Secretary.
104th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 3458

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