[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
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[H.R. 4791 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4791

   To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the amount of 
assistance available to disabled veterans for specially adapted housing 
          and to provide for annual increases in such amount.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 16, 2006

  Ms. Herseth (for herself, Mr. Case, Mr. Evans, Ms. Corrine Brown of 
 Florida, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Filner, Mr. Strickland, Ms. 
    Carson, Mr. Kucinich, Mr. Wexler, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Peterson of 
Minnesota, Ms. Matsui, Mr. Al Green of Texas, and Mr. Farr) 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 available to disabled veterans for specially adapted housing 
          and to provide for annual increases in such amount.

    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 Adaptive Housing 
Improvement Act''.

SEC. 2. INCREASE IN AMOUNT OF ASSISTANCE AVAILABLE TO DISABLED VETERANS 
              FOR SPECIALLY ADAPTED HOUSING.

    Section 2102 of title 38, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``$50,000'' and 
        inserting ``$60,000, as increased under subsection (c),''; and
            (2) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ``$10,000.'' and 
        inserting ``$12,000, as increased under subsection (c).''.

SEC. 3. INDEX OF AMOUNT OF ASSISTANCE AVAILABLE TO REFLECT INCREASE IN 
              COST OF RESIDENTIAL HOME CONSTRUCTION.

    Section 2102 of title 38, United States Code, as amended by section 
2, is further amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following new 
        subsection (c):
    ``(c)(1) Effective on October 1 of each year (beginning in 2007), 
the Secretary shall increase the amounts in effect under subsections 
(a) and (b)(2) in accordance with this subsection.
    ``(2) The increase in amounts under paragraph (1) to take effect on 
October 1 of any year shall be the percentage by which (A) the 
residential home cost-of-construction index for the preceding calendar 
year exceeds (B) the residential home cost-of-construction index for 
the year preceding that year.
    ``(3) The Secretary shall establish a residential home cost-of-
construction index for the purposes of this subsection. The index shall 
reflect a uniform, national average increase in the cost of residential 
home construction, determined on a calendar year basis. The Secretary 
may use an index developed in the private sector that the Secretary 
determines is appropriate for purposes of this subsection.''.
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