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<dc:title>109 HRES 372 IH: Increasing the amount provided for the Members’ Representational Allowance of a Member of the House of Representatives who employs a veteran with a service-connected disability.</dc:title>
<dc:publisher>U.S. House of Representatives</dc:publisher>
<dc:date>2005-07-20</dc:date>
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<distribution-code display="yes">IV</distribution-code> 
<congress display="yes">109th CONGRESS</congress>
<session display="yes">1st Session</session>
<legis-num>H. RES. 372</legis-num> 
<current-chamber>IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES</current-chamber> 
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<action-date date="20050720">July 20, 2005</action-date> 
<action-desc><sponsor name-id="R000409">Mr. Rohrabacher</sponsor> submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the <committee-name committee-id="HHA00">Committee on House Administration</committee-name></action-desc>
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<official-title display="yes">Increasing the amount provided for the Members’ Representational Allowance of a Member of the House of Representatives who employs a veteran with a service-connected disability.</official-title> 
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<section display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="section-one" id="H015AE6B63BC34159A10409F6856FA100"><enum>1.</enum><header>Increase in Members’ Representational Allowance For Members Hiring Disabled Veterans</header> 
<subsection id="H872C2238AD734AD1AF81A2E9971E2310"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Increase in Allowance</header><text>The amount otherwise provided during a year for the Members’ Representational Allowance of a Member of the House of Representatives (including a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the Congress) shall be increased by $50,000 if at any time during the year a qualified disabled veteran is an employee of the Member’s office whose salary is paid from such Allowance.</text></subsection> 
<subsection id="H8BE32F67D78746FBB95232BB479260CC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Qualified Disabled Veteran Defined</header><text>In this section, a <quote>qualified disabled veteran</quote> is an individual who is a veteran with a service-connected disability (as such terms are defined in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/38/101">section 101</external-xref> of title 38, United States Code) whose level of disability is not less than 30 percent, as certified by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.</text></subsection></section> 
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