,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #cbij  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,november #ac1 
#bjbc,ms4 ,cortez ,masto introduced the 
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on          
,veterans' ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
amend title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 
to modify the authority of the          
,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs to     
furnish improvements and structural     
alterations as part of home health      
services for disabled veterans4  #a4    
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,autonomy for ,disabled ,veterans   
,act4  #b4 ,amendments to authority of  
,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs to     
furnish improvements and structural     
alterations as part of home health      
services for disabled veterans  7a7     
,increase ,paragraph 7#b7 of subsection 
7a7 of section #agag of title #ch1      
,united ,states ,code1 is amended-- 7#a7
 in the matter preceding subparagraph   
7,a71 by inserting in the case of a     

veteran before the em dash2 and  7#b7 by
 striking subparagraphs 7,a7 and 7,b7   
and inserting the following3  7,a7 who  
first applied for benefits under this   
paragraph1 for a non-service-connected  
condition1 before the date of the       
enactment of the ,autonomy for ,disabled
 ,veterans ,act1 and whose condition the
 ,secretary determines is               
service-connected after such date1      
#f1hjj2 or  7,b7 other than a veteran   
described in subparagraph 7,a71 who     
first applied for benefits under this   
paragraph on or after the date of the   
enactment of the ,autonomy for ,disabled
 ,veterans ,act1 #i1jjj4  4  7b7        
,adjustment for inflation2 cap on       
benefits ,such subsection is further    
amended-- 7#a7 by redesignating         
paragraph 7#c7 as paragraph 7#e72 and   
7#b7 by inserting1 after paragraph 7#b71
 the following new paragraphs 7#c7 and  
7#d73  7#c7 ,on the first day of each   
fiscal year1 the dollar amounts in      
effect under paragraph 7#b7 shall-- 7,a7

 increase by a percentage equal to the  
percentage by which the residential home
 cost of construction index established 
under section #bajb7;e77#c7 of this     
title increased during the previous     
fiscal year2 or  7,b7 if such index did 
not increase during such previous fiscal
 year1 remain the same4  7#d7 ,the      
,secretary may not furnish more than    
three improvements or structural        
alterations under paragraph 7#b7 to a   
veteran4  4  7c7 ,rule of construction  
,a veteran who1 before the date of the  
enactment of this ,act1 exhausted the   
eligibility of such veteran for benefits
 under such section1 shall not be       
entitled to additional benefits under   
such section by reason of the amendments
 made by this ,act4