,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fjdg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,november #ag1       
#bjbe,mr4 ,barrett 7for himself1 ,mr4   
,bost1 ,mr4 ,van ,orden1 ,mr4           
,ciscomani1 ,mrs4 ,radewagen1 ,ms4      
,king-,hinds1 ,mr4 ,hudson1 ,mrs4       
,kiggans of ,virginia1 ,mr4 ,hill of    
,arkansas1 ,mr4 ,luttrell1 ,mr4         
,wittman1 and ,mrs4 ,miller-,meeks7     
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,veterans' ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
amend title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 
to direct the ,secretary of ,veterans   
,affairs to increase the dollar amounts 
for the payment of certain disability   
compensation and dependency and         
indemnity compensation under the laws   
administered by the ,secretary4  #a4    
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,sharri ,briley and ,eric ,edmundson
 ,veterans ,benefits ,expansion ,act of 
#bjbe4  #b4 ,increase in rates of       
certain disability compensation and     

dependency and indemnity compensation   
under laws administered by ,secretary of
 ,veterans ,affairs  7a7 ,increase to   
rates of wartime disability compensation
  7#a7 ,in general ,section #aaad of    
title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 is    
amended by adding at the end the        
following new subsection3  7u7 ,in the  
case of a veteran eligible for a monthly
 aid and attendance allowance under     
subsection 7r7 or subsection 7t7 of this
 section1 the ,secretary shall1 in      
addition to the total amount of         
compensation for which the veteran is   
eligible under this section1 pay the    
veteran a supplemental monthly allowance
 at the rate of #hcc4cc4  4  7#b7       
,effective date2 applicability          
,subsection 7u7 of such section 7as     
added by paragraph 7#a77 shall take     
effect on ,december #a1 #bjbf1 and shall
 apply to months beginning on or after  
such date4  7b7 ,increase to rates of   
dependency and indemnity compensation   
,section #ecab of such title is amended 

by adding at the end the following new  
subsection3  7d7 7#a7 ,whenever there is
 an increase in benefit amounts payable 
under title ,,ii of the ,social         
,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #dja et   
seq47 as a result of a determination    
made under section #bae7;i7 of such ,act
 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #dae7;i771 the          
,secretary shall1 effective on the date 
of such increase in benefit amounts1    
increase the dollar amounts in effect   
for the payment of dependency and       
indemnity compensation by the ,secretary
 under paragraph 7#a7 and paragraph 7#c7
 of section #acaa7;a7 of this title1 as 
such amounts were in effect immediately 
before the date of such increase in     
benefit amounts payable under title ,,ii
 of the ,social ,security ,act1 by a    
percentage equal to the sum of-- 7,a7   
the percentage by which such benefit    
amounts are increased2 and  7,b7 one    
percent4  7#b7 ,whenever there is an    
increase under paragraph 7#a7 in amounts
 in effect for the payment of dependency

 and indemnity compensation1 the        
,secretary shall publish such amounts1  
as increased pursuant to such paragraph1
 in the ,federal ,register at the same  
time as the material required by section
 #bae7;i77#b77;,d7 of the ,social       
,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4           
#dae7;i77#b77;,d77 is published by      
reason of a determination under section 
#bae7;i7 of such ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4    
#dae7;i774  7#c7 ,the requirement to    
increase the amounts in effect for the  
payment of dependency and indemnity     
compensation by the ,secretary pursuant 
to paragraph 7#a7 shall-- 7,a7 take     
effect on ,december #a1 #bjbf1 and shall
 apply with respect to months beginning 
on or after such date2 and  7,b7        
terminate after the date on which the   
fifth increase to such amounts pursuant 
to such paragraph occurs4  4  #c4       
,modification of waivers of fees        
collected for housing loans guaranteed1 
insured1 or made by the ,secretary of   
,veterans ,affairs ,section #cgbi7;c7 of

 such title is amended-- 7#a7 in        
paragraph 7#a71 by striking ,a fee and  
inserting ,subject to paragraph 7#b71 a 
fee2  7#b7 by redesignating paragraph   
7#b7 as paragraph 7#d72 and  7#c7 by    
inserting after paragraph 7#a7 the      
following new paragraphs3  7#b7 ,during 
the period beginning on the date of the 
enactment of the ,sharri ,briley and    
,eric ,edmundson ,veterans ,benefits    
,expansion ,act of #bjbe and ending on  
,september #cj1 #bjce1 a fee may be     
collected under this section-- 7,a7 for 
a subsequent loan 7as such term is      
defined in subsection 7b772 and  7,b7   
from a veteran who is receiving         
compensation 7or who1 but for the       
receipt of retirement pay or active     
service pay1 would be entitled to       
receive compensation7 on the basis of a 
disability rated at #gj percent or less4
  7#c7 ,the authority under paragraph   
7#b7 shall take effect on ,august #a1   
#bjbf1 and shall apply with respect to  
months beginning on or after such date4 

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