In the Senate of the United States,

November 9, 1995.

Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R. 2394) entitled ‘‘An Act to increase, effective as

of December 1, 1995, the rates of compensation for veterans

with service-connected disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for the survivors of certain

disabled veterans’’, do pass with the following

AMENDMENT:

Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:

1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Veterans’ Compensation

3 Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 1995’’.

4 SEC. 2. INCREASE IN RATES OF DISABILITY COMPENSATION

5 AND DEPENDENCY AND INDEMNITY COM6 PENSATION.

7 (a) RATE ADJUSTMENT.—The Secretary of Veterans

8 Affairs shall, effective on December 1, 1995, increase the dol9 lar amounts in effect for the payment of disability com-
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1 pensation and dependency and indemnity compensation by

2 the Secretary, as specified in subsection (b)

3 (b) AMOUNTS TO BE INCREASED.—The dollar

4 amounts to be increased pursuant to subsection (a) are the

5 following:

6 (1) COMPENSATION.—Each of the dollar amounts

7 in effect under section 1114 of title 38, United States

8 Code.

9 (2) ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION FOR DEPEND10 ENTS.—Each of the dollar amounts in effect under

11 section 1115(1) of such title.

12 (3) CLOTHING ALLOWANCE.—The dollar amount

13 in effect under section 1162 of such title.

14 (4) NEW DIC RATES.—The dollar amounts in ef15 fect under paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 1311(a)

16 of such title.

17 (5) OLD DIC RATES.—Each of the dollar

18 amounts in effect under section 1311(a)(3) of such

19 title.

20 (6) ADDITIONAL DIC FOR SURVIVING SPOUSES

21 WITH MINOR CHILDREN.—The dollar amount in effect

22 under section 1311(b) of such title.

23 (7) ADDITIONAL DIC FOR DISABILITY.—The dol24 lar amounts in effect under sections 1311(c) and

25 1311(d) of such title.
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1 (8) DIC FOR DEPENDENT CHILDREN.—The dol2 lar amounts in effect under sections 1313(a) and

3 1314 of such title.

4 (c) DETERMINATION OF PERCENTAGE INCREASE.—(1)

5 The increase under subsection (a) shall be made in the dol6 lar amounts specified in subsection (b) as in effect on No7 vember 30, 1995. Each such amount shall be increased by

8 the same percentage as the percentage by which benefit

9 amounts payable under title II of the Social Security Act

10 (42 U.S.C. 401 et seq.) are increased effective December 1,

11 1995, as a result of a determination under section 215(i)

12 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 415(i)).

13 (2) In the computation of increased dollar amounts

14 pursuant to paragraph (1), any amount which as so com15 puted is not an even multiple of $1 shall be rounded to

16 the next lower whole dollar amount.

17 (d) SPECIAL RULE.—The Secretary may adjust ad18 ministratively, consistent with the increases made under

19 subsection (a), the rates of disability compensation payable

20 to persons within the purview of section 10 of Public Law

21 85–857 (72 Stat. 1263) who are not in receipt of compensa22 tion payable pursuant to chapter 11 of title 38, United

23 States Code.
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1 SEC. 3. PUBLICATION OF ADJUSTED RATES.

2 At the same time as the matters specified in section

3 215(i)(2)(D) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.

4 415(i)(2)(D)) are required to be published by reason of a

5 determination made under section 215(i) of such Act during

6 fiscal year 1996, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall pub7 lish in the Federal Register the amounts specified in section

8 2(b), as increased pursuant to section 2.

Attest:

Secretary.
104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2394

AMENDMENT