[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 857 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 857

   To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the amount of 
 special pension for Medal of Honor recipients, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 25, 2019

Mr. Cotton (for himself and Mr. Graham) introduced the following bill; 
which was read twice and 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 
 special pension for Medal of Honor recipients, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. INCREASE IN SPECIAL PENSION FOR MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENTS.

    (a) In General.--Section 1562(a) of title 38, United States Code, 
is amended by striking ``$1,000'' and inserting ``$3,000''.
    (b) Effective Date.--
            (1) In general.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
        take effect on the date that is--
                    (A) except as provided in subparagraph (B), 180 
                days after the date of the enactment of this Act; and
                    (B) in the case that the date that is 180 days 
                after the date of the enactment of this Act is not the 
                first day of a month, the first day of the first month 
                beginning after the date that is 180 days after the 
                date of the enactment of this Act.
            (2) Delay of annual cost-of-living adjustment.--
                    (A) In general.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
                shall not make an increase pursuant to section 1562(e) 
                of such title effective December 1, 2019, if the 
                amendment made by subsection (a) takes effect before 
                such date.
                    (B) Resumption.--In the case that the Secretary, 
                pursuant to subparagraph (A), does not make an increase 
                pursuant to section 1562(e) of such title effective 
                December 1, 2019, the Secretary shall resume making 
                increases pursuant to such section with the first such 
                increase effective December 1, 2020.
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