[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4047 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4047

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


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 12, 2023

  Mr. Sorensen (for himself and Mr. Takano) 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 paid 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 ``Autonomy for All Disabled Veterans 
Act''.

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

    (a) Increase.--Paragraph (2) of section 1717(a) of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by striking ``$6,800'' and 
        inserting ``$10,000''; and
            (2) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking ``$2,000'' and 
        inserting ``$10,000''.
    (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).

SEC. 3. ADJUSTMENT FOR INFLATION.

    Section 1717(a) of title 38, United States Code, is further amended 
by adding at the end the following:
    ``(4) On an annual basis, the Secretary shall increase the dollar 
amount in effect under subsection (a)(2) by a percentage equal to the 
percentage by which the Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers 
(United States city average) increased during the 12-month period 
ending with the last month for which Consumer Price Index data is 
available. In the event that such Consumer Price Index does not 
increase during such period, the Secretary shall maintain the dollar 
amount in effect under subsection (a)(2) during the previous fiscal 
year.''.
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