[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
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[H.R. 3619 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3619

   To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the amount of 
    assistance for specially adapted housing for 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 specially adapted housing for 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 Special Housing 
Improvements Act of 1998''.

SEC. 2. INCREASE IN ASSISTANCE AMOUNT FOR SPECIALLY ADAPTED HOUSING.

    (a) In General.--Section 2102 of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1) of subsection 
        (a), by striking out ``$38,000'' and inserting in lieu thereof 
        ``$48,070''; and
            (2) in subsection (b)(2), by striking out ``$6,500'' and 
        inserting in lieu thereof ``$8,222''.
    (b) Annual Adjustment for Inflation.--Section 2102 of such title, 
as amended by subsection (a), is further amended by adding at the end 
the following new subsection:
    ``(c)(1) With respect to the fiscal year beginning on October 1, 
1999, the Secretary shall provide a percentage increase in the maximum 
amount payable under subsection (a) or (b)(2) equal to the percentage 
by which the Bureau of the Census Houses Under Construction Fixed-
Weighted Index (published in the Bureau of the Census Current 
Construction Report, Value of Construction Put in Place) 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 maximum amounts 
payable under paragraph (1), the maximum 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 Bureau of the Census Houses Under Construction 
        Fixed-Weighted Index (published in the Bureau of the Census 
        Current Construction Report, Value of Construction Put in 
        Place) 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 subsections (a) and (b) 
shall apply with respect to assistance furnished to a veteran under 
section 2101 of such title on or after October 1, 1998.
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