[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1292 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1292

To make technical corrections to the Veterans Benefits Improvement Act 
                                of 2004.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 15, 2005

 Mr. Buyer (for himself and Mr. Evans) introduced the following bill; 
        which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To make technical corrections to the Veterans Benefits Improvement Act 
                                of 2004.

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

SECTION 1. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO VETERANS BENEFITS IMPROVEMENT ACT 
              OF 2004.

    Section 2101 of title 38, United States Code, as amended by section 
401 of the Veterans Benefits Improvement Act of 2004 (Public Law 108-
454; 118 Stat. 3614), is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d);
            (2) by inserting after subsection (b) a new subsection (c) 
        consisting of the text of subsection (c) of such section 2101 
        as in effect immediately before the enactment of such Act, 
        modified--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) in the first sentence, by striking 
                        ``paragraph (1), (2), or (3)'' and inserting 
                        ``subparagraph (A), (B), (C), or (D) of 
                        paragraph (2)''; and
                            (ii) in the second sentence, by striking 
                        ``the second sentence'' and inserting 
                        ``paragraph (3)''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (2)--
                            (i) in the first sentence, by striking 
                        ``paragraph (1)'' and inserting ``paragraph 
                        (2)''; and
                            (ii) in the second sentence, by striking 
                        ``paragraph (2)'' and inserting ``paragraph 
                        (3)''; and
            (3) in subsection (a)(3), by striking ``subsection (c)'' in 
        the matter preceding subparagraph (A) and inserting 
        ``subsection (d)''.

SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by section 1 shall take effect as of December 
10, 2004, as if enacted immediately after the enactment of the Veterans 
Benefits Improvement Act of 2004 on that date.
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