[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5550 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5550

   To amend title 38, United States Code, to include a definition of 
 ``loss of use'' for purposes of evaluating disabilities and providing 
  adapted housing and automobiles under the laws administered by the 
                     Secretary of Veterans Affairs.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 17, 2010

 Mrs. Kirkpatrick of Arizona 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 include a definition of 
 ``loss of use'' for purposes of evaluating disabilities and providing 
  adapted housing and automobiles under the laws administered by the 
                     Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

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

SECTION 1. DEFINITION OF ``LOSS OF USE'' FOR PURPOSES OF LAWS 
              ADMINISTERED BY THE SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.

    Section 1101 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
            ``(5) The term `loss of use' with respect to an extremity 
        means a condition in which no effective function of the 
        extremity remains based on the extent and pattern of nerve or 
        other impairment that directly affects--
                    ``(A) in the case of a hand, the acts of grasping, 
                and manipulation;
                    ``(B) in the case of a foot, balance and 
                propulsion; or
                    ``(C) in the case of any other extremity, the basic 
                acts associated with use of the extremity.''.
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