[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3618 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3618

   To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the amount of 
   assistance for providing automobiles to certain disabled veterans.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 1, 1998

 Mr. Evans (for himself, Mr. Kennedy of Massachusetts, Mr. Filner, Mr. 
    Gutierrez, Mr. Clyburn, Mr. Mascara, Ms. Carson, Mr. Reyes, Mr. 
Rodriguez, Ms. Waters, Mr. Olver, Mr. Peterson of Minnesota, Ms. Brown 
  of Florida, and Mr. Doyle) introduced the following bill; which was 
             referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the amount of 
   assistance for providing automobiles to certain disabled veterans.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Disabled Veterans Automobile 
Allowance Improvement Act of 1998''.

SEC. 2. INCREASE IN AMOUNT OF ASSISTANCE FOR AUTOMOBILE AND ADAPTIVE 
              EQUIPMENT FOR CERTAIN DISABLED VETERANS.

    (a) Increase.--Section 3902(a) of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended by striking out ``$5,500'' and inserting in lieu thereof 
``$6,837''.
    (b) Annual Adjustment for Inflation.--Section 3902 of such title, 
as amended by subsection (a), is further amended by adding at the end 
the following new subsection:
    ``(e)(1) With respect to the fiscal year beginning on October 1, 
1999, the Secretary shall provide a percentage increase in the amount 
payable under subsection (a) equal to the percentage by which the 
percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers 
(U.S. city average) for new motor vehicles for the 12-month period 
ending June 30, 1999, exceeds such Index for the 12-month period ending 
June 30, 1998.
    ``(2) With respect to any fiscal year beginning on or after October 
1, 2000, the Secretary shall pay, in lieu of the amounts payable under 
paragraph (1), the amounts payable under this subsection for the 
previous fiscal year and shall provide, for any such fiscal year, a 
percentage increase in such rates equal to the percentage by which--
            ``(A) the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index 
        for all urban consumers (U.S. city average) for new motor 
        vehicles for the 12-month period ending on the June 30 
        preceding the beginning of the fiscal year for which the 
        increase is made, exceeds
            ``(B) such Index for the 12-month period preceding the 12-
        month period described in paragraph (1).''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to assistance furnished to a disabled veteran under 
section 3902 of such title on or after October 1, 1998.
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