,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bbde  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #ba1 #bjbe,mr4
 ,bacon introduced the following bill2  
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,veterans' ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
amend title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 
to increase the amount paid by the      
,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs to     
veterans for improvements and structural
 alterations furnished as part of home  
health services4  #a4 ,short title ,this
 ,act may be cited as the ,autonomy for 
,disabled ,veterans ,act4  #b4 ,increase
 in amount available to disabled        
veterans for improvements and structural
 alterations furnished as part of home  
health services  7a7 ,increase ,section 
#agag of title #ch1 ,united ,states     
,code1 is amended1 in paragraph 7#b7 of 
subsection 7a7-- 7#a7 in subparagraph   
7,a77ii71 by striking #f1hjj and        
inserting #aj1jjj2 and  7#b7 in         
subparagraph 7,b77ii71 by striking      
#b1jjj and inserting #e1jjj4  7b7       

,applicability ,the amendments made by  
subsection 7a7 shall apply to a veteran 
who first applies for benefits under    
such paragraph on or after the date of  
the enactment of this ,act4  7c7        
,clarification ,a veteran who exhausted 
the eligibility of such veteran for     
benefits under such paragraph 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 7a74  #c4 
,adjustment for inflation ,such         
subsection is further amended by adding 
at the end the following new paragraph3 
7#d7 ,on an annual basis1 the ,secretary
 shall increase the dollar amount in    
effect under subsection 7a77#b7 by a    
percentage equal to the percentage by   
which the ,consumer ,price ,index for   
all urban consumers 7,united ,states    
city average7 increased during the      
#ab-month period ending with the last   
month for which ,consumer ,price ,index 
data is available4 ,in the event that   

such ,consumer ,price ,index does not   
increase during such period1 the        
,secretary shall maintain the dollar    
amount in effect under subsection       
7a77#b7 during the previous fiscal year4
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