[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5174 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5174

 To amend title 5 of the United States Code to increase the amount of 
  additional compensation payable to an employee who is disabled and 
     requires the services of an attendant, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 29, 2004

   Mr. Capuano (for himself, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Langevin, Mr. Hyde, Mr. 
  Towns, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, and Mr. Van Hollen) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                      Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 5 of the United States Code to increase the amount of 
  additional compensation payable to an employee who is disabled and 
     requires the services of an attendant, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. INCREASE IN AMOUNT.

    Section 8111(a) of title 5, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``$1,500'' and inserting ``$4,000''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following: ``The additional 
        sum allowable under this subsection shall be increased, 
        beginning October 1, 2006, and biennially thereafter, by the 
        percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban 
        Consumers (United States city average) during the 2-year period 
        ending 2 months before the date of the increase.''.
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