,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #dahc  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,march #bd1    
#bjbf,mr4 ,heinrich 7for himself1 ,mr4  
,banks1 and ,ms4 ,duckworth7 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 provide for an annual increase in    
stipend for books1 supplies1 equipment1 
and other educational costs under       
,post-#i_/aa ,educational ,assistance   
,program of ,department of ,veterans    
,affairs1 and for other purposes4  #a4  
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,veteran ,education ,assistance     
,adjustment ,act of #bjbf4  #b4 ,annual 
increase in stipend for books1 supplies1
 equipment1 and other educational costs 
under ,post-#i_/aa ,educational         
,assistance ,program of ,department of  
,veterans ,affairs ,section #ccac of    
title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 is    
amended-- 7#a7 in subsection            

7c77#a77;,b77iv77,i71 by striking #a1jjj
 and inserting #a1ejj2  7#b7 in         
subsection 7e77#b77;,b77i71 by striking 
#a1jjj and inserting #a1ejj2  7#c7 in   
subsection 7g77#c71 by striking #hc both
 places it appears and inserting #abh2  
and  7#d7 by adding at the end the      
following new subsection3  7m7 ,annual  
increase in stipend for books1 supplies1
 equipment1 and other educational costs 
,with respect to fiscal year #bjbf and  
each subsequent fiscal year1 the        
,secretary shall provide a percentage   
increase 7rounded to the nearest dollar7
 in the amounts payable under           
subsections 7c77#a77;,b77iv77,i71       
7e77#b77;,b77i71 7g77#c77;,a77iii71 and 
7g77#c77;,b77ii71 equal to the          
percentage by which-- 7#a7 the ,consumer
 ,price ,index for all urban consumers  
7,u4,s4 city average7 for the #ab-month 
period ending on the ,june #cj preceding
 the beginning of the fiscal year for   
which the increase is made1 exceeds     
7#b7 the ,consumer ,price ,index for the

 #ab-month period preceding the         
#ab-month period described in paragraph 
7#a74  4