,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #afdd  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #g1 #bjbe 
,ms4 ,cortez ,masto 7for herself and    
,mr4 ,boozman7 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  ,modification 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 paragraph for a              
non-service-connected disability before 
the date of the enactment of the        
,autonomy for ,disabled ,veterans ,act  
and whose disability the ,secretary     
determines is service-connected after   
such date1 #f1hjj2 or  7,b7 who first   
applied for benefits under this         
paragraph on or after the date of the   
enactment of the ,autonomy for ,disabled
 ,veterans ,act1 #aj1jjj4  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 inserting after paragraph 7#b7  
the following new paragraphs3  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 section #agag of title #ch1      
,united ,states ,code1 shall not be     
entitled to additional benefits under   
such section by reason of the amendments
 made by this ,act4