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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 2245 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the amount paid by |
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| 6 | 6 | | the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to veterans for improvements and |
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| 7 | 7 | | structural alterations furnished as part of home health services. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | MARCH21, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. B |
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| 11 | 11 | | ACONintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee |
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| 12 | 12 | | on Veterans’ Affairs |
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| 13 | 13 | | A BILL |
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| 14 | 14 | | To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the |
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| 15 | 15 | | amount paid by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to |
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| 16 | 16 | | veterans for improvements and structural alterations fur- |
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| 17 | 17 | | nished as part of home health services. |
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| 18 | 18 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 19 | 19 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 20 | 20 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Autonomy for Disabled 4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | Veterans Act’’. 5 |
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| 25 | 25 | | •HR 2245 IH |
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| 26 | 26 | | SEC. 2. INCREASE IN AMOUNT AVAILABLE TO DISABLED 1 |
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| 27 | 27 | | VETERANS FOR IMPROVEMENTS AND STRUC-2 |
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| 28 | 28 | | TURAL ALTERATIONS FURNISHED AS PART 3 |
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| 29 | 29 | | OF HOME HEALTH SERVICES. 4 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (a) I |
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| 31 | 31 | | NCREASE.—Section 1717 of title 38, United 5 |
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| 32 | 32 | | States Code, is amended, in paragraph (2) of subsection 6 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (a)— 7 |
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| 34 | 34 | | (1) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by striking 8 |
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| 35 | 35 | | ‘‘$6,800’’ and inserting ‘‘$10,000’’; and 9 |
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| 36 | 36 | | (2) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking 10 |
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| 37 | 37 | | ‘‘$2,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$5,000’’. 11 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (b) A |
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| 39 | 39 | | PPLICABILITY.—The amendments made by sub-12 |
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| 40 | 40 | | section (a) shall apply to a veteran who first applies for 13 |
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| 41 | 41 | | benefits under such paragraph on or after the date of the 14 |
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| 42 | 42 | | enactment of this Act. 15 |
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| 43 | 43 | | (c) C |
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| 44 | 44 | | LARIFICATION.—A veteran who exhausted the 16 |
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| 45 | 45 | | eligibility of such veteran for benefits under such para-17 |
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| 46 | 46 | | graph before the date of the enactment of this Act is not 18 |
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| 47 | 47 | | entitled to additional benefits under such section by reason 19 |
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| 48 | 48 | | of the amendments made by subsection (a). 20 |
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| 49 | 49 | | SEC. 3. ADJUSTMENT FOR INFLATION. 21 |
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| 50 | 50 | | Such subsection is further amended by adding at the 22 |
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| 51 | 51 | | end the following new paragraph: 23 |
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| 52 | 52 | | ‘‘(4) On an annual basis, the Secretary shall increase 24 |
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| 53 | 53 | | the dollar amount in effect under subsection (a)(2) by a 25 |
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| 54 | 54 | | percentage equal to the percentage by which the Consumer 26 |
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| 57 | 57 | | •HR 2245 IH |
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| 58 | 58 | | Price Index for all urban consumers (United States city 1 |
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| 59 | 59 | | average) increased during the 12-month period ending 2 |
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| 60 | 60 | | with the last month for which Consumer Price Index data 3 |
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| 61 | 61 | | is available. In the event that such Consumer Price Index 4 |
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| 62 | 62 | | does not increase during such period, the Secretary shall 5 |
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| 63 | 63 | | maintain the dollar amount in effect under subsection 6 |
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| 64 | 64 | | (a)(2) during the previous fiscal year.’’. 7 |
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