[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1293 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1293


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 29, 2009

    Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' 
                                Affairs

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                                 AN ACT


 
 To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for an increase in 
the amount payable by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to veterans for 
   improvements and structural alterations furnished as part of home 
                            health services.

    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 Home Improvement 
and Structural Alteration Grant Increase Act of 2009''.

SEC. 2. INCREASE IN AMOUNT AVAILABLE TO DISABLED VETERANS FOR 
              IMPROVEMENTS AND STRUCTURAL ALTERATIONS FURNISHED AS PART 
              OF HOME HEALTH SERVICES.

    (a) Increase.--Section 1717(a)(2) of title 38, United States Code, 
is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``$4,100'' and 
        inserting ``$6,800''; and
            (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``$1,200'' and 
        inserting ``$2,000''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to a veteran who first applies for benefits under 
section 1717(a)(2) of title 38, United States Code, on or after the 
date of the enactment of this Act.
    (c) Applicability.--A veteran who exhausts such veteran's 
eligibility for benefits under section 1717(a)(2) of title 38, United 
States Code, before the date of the enactment of this Act, is not 
entitled to additional benefits under such section by reason of the 
amendments made by subsection (a).

            Passed the House of Representatives July 28, 2009.

            Attest:

                                            LORRAINE C. MILLER,

                                                                 Clerk.