103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 798

AMENDMENT
In the Senate of the United States,

July 28 (legislative day, June 30), 1993.

Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R. 798) entitled ‘‘An Act to amend title 38, United

States Code, to codify the rates of disability compensation for

veterans with service-connected disabilities and the rates of

dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of such

veterans as such rates took effect on December 1, 1992’’, do

pass with the following

AMENDMENT:

Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:

1 SECTION 1. DISABILITY COMPENSATION.

2 Section 1114 of title 38, United States Code, is amend3 ed—

4 (1) by striking out ‘‘$83’’ in subsection (a) and

5 inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘$85’’;

6 (2) by striking out ‘‘$157’’ in subsection (b) and

7 inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘$162’’;

8 (3) by striking out ‘‘$240’’ in subsection (c) and

9 inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘$247’’;
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1 (4) by striking out ‘‘$342’’ in subsection (d) and

2 inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘$352’’;

3 (5) by striking out ‘‘$487’’ in subsection (e) and

4 inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘$502’’;

5 (6) by striking out ‘‘$614’’ in subsection (f) and

6 inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘$632’’;

7 (7) by striking out ‘‘$776’’ in subsection (g) and

8 inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘$799’’;

9 (8) by striking out ‘‘$897’’ in subsection (h) and

10 inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘$924’’;

11 (9) by striking out ‘‘$1,010’’ in subsection (i)

12 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘$1,040’’;

13 (10) by striking out ‘‘$1,680’’ in subsection (j)

14 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘$1,730’’;

15 (11) by striking out ‘‘$2,089’’, ‘‘$68’’, and

16 ‘‘$2,927’’ in subsection (k) and inserting in lieu there17 of ‘‘$2,152’’, ‘‘$70’’, and ‘‘$3,015’’, respectively;

18 (12) by striking out ‘‘$2,089’’ in subsection (l)

19 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘$2,152’’;

20 (13) by striking out ‘‘$2,302’’ in subsection (m)

21 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘$2,371’’;

22 (14) by striking out ‘‘$2,619’’ in subsection (n)

23 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘$2,698’’;
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1 (15) by striking out ‘‘$2,927’’ each place it ap2 pears in subsections (o) and (p) and inserting in lieu

3 thereof ‘‘$3,015’’;

4 (16) by striking out ‘‘$1,257’’ and ‘‘$1,872’’ in

5 subsection (r) and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘$1,295’’

6 and ‘‘$1,928’’, respectively; and

7 (17) by striking out ‘‘$1,879’’ in subsection (s)

8 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘$1,935’’.

9 SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION FOR DEPENDENTS.

10 Section 1115(1) of title 38, United States Code, is

11 amended—

12 (1) by striking out ‘‘$100’’ in subparagraph (A)

13 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘$103’’;

14 (2) by striking out ‘‘$169’’ and ‘‘$52’’ in sub15 paragraph (B) and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘$174’’

16 and ‘‘$54’’, respectively;

17 (3) by striking out ‘‘$69’’ and ‘‘$52’’ in subpara18 graph (C) and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘$71’’ and

19 ‘‘$54’’, respectively;

20 (4) by striking out ‘‘$80’’ in subparagraph (D)

21 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘$82’’;

22 (5) by striking out ‘‘$185’’ in subparagraph (E)

23 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘$191’’; and

24 (6) by striking out ‘‘$155’’ in subparagraph (F)

25 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘$160’’.
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1 SEC. 3. CLOTHING ALLOWANCE FOR CERTAIN DISABLED

2 VETERANS.

3 Section 1162 of title 38, United States Code, is amend4 ed by striking out ‘‘$452’’ and inserting in lieu thereof

5 ‘‘$466.’’

6 SEC. 4. DEPENDENCY AND INDEMNITY COMPENSATION FOR

7 SURVIVING SPOUSES.

8 Section 1311 of title 38, United States Code, is amend9 ed—

10 (1) by striking out the table in subsection (a)(3)

11 and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

Monthly Monthly

‘‘Pay grade rate Pay grade rate

E–1 ........................ $634 W–4 ................................ $911

E–2 ........................ 654 O–1 ................................ 803

E–3 ........................ 672 O–2 ................................ 829

E–4 ........................ 714 O–3 ................................ 888

E–5 ........................ 732 O–4 ................................ 939

E–6 ........................ 749 O–5 ................................ 1,035

E–7 ........................ 785 O–6 ................................ 1,168

E–8 ........................ 829 O–7 ................................ 1,262

E–9 ........................ 1 866 O–8 ................................ 1,383

W–1 ....................... 803 O–9 ................................ 1,483

W–2 ....................... 835 O–10 .............................. 2 1,627

W–3 ....................... 860

‘‘1 If the veteran served as sergeant major of the Army, senior enlisted advisor of

the Navy, chief master sergeant of the Air Force, sergeant major of the Marine Corps,

or master chief petty officer of the Coast Guard, at the applicable time designated by

section 402 of this title, the surviving spouse’s rate shall be $934.

‘‘2 If the veteran served as Chairman or Vice-Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of

Staff, Chief of Staff of the Army, Chief of Naval Operations, Chief of Staff of the Air

Force, Commandant of the Marine Corps, or Commandant of the Coast Guard, at

the applicable time designated by section 402 of this title, the surviving spouse’s rate

shall be $1,744.’’;

12 (2) by striking out ‘‘$185’’ in subsection (c) and

13 inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘$191’’; and

14 (3) by striking out ‘‘$90’’ in subsection (d) and

15 inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘$93’’.
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1 SEC. 5. DEPENDENCY AND INDEMNITY COMPENSATION FOR

2 CHILDREN.

3 (a) DIC FOR ORPHAN CHILDREN.—Section 1313(a) of

4 title 38, United States Code, is amended—

5 (1) by striking out ‘‘$310’’ in paragraph (1) and

6 inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘$319’’;

7 (2) by striking out ‘‘$447’’ in paragraph (2) and

8 inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘$460’’;

9 (3) by striking out ‘‘$578’’ in paragraph (3) and

10 inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘$595’’; and

11 (4) by striking out ‘‘$578’’ and ‘‘$114’’ in para12 graph (4) and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘$595’’ and

13 ‘‘$117’’, respectively.

14 (b) SUPPLEMENTAL DIC FOR DISABLED ADULT CHIL15 DREN.—Section 1314 of such title is amended—

16 (1) by striking out ‘‘$185’’ in subsection (a) and

17 inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘$191’’;

18 (2) by striking out ‘‘$310’’ in subsection (b) and

19 inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘$319’’; and

20 (3) by striking out ‘‘$157’’ in subsection (c) and

21 inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘$162’’.

22 SEC. 6. TECHNICAL CORRECTION RELATING TO THE FI23 NANCING OF DISCOUNT POINTS.

24 Section 3703(c)(4)(B) of title 38, United States Code,

25 is amended in the second sentence by striking out ‘‘Dis26 count’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Except in the case
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1 of a loan for the purpose specified in section 3710(a)(8),

2 3710(b)(7), or 3712(a)(1)(F) of this title, discount’’.

3 SEC. 7. RATE ADJUSTMENTS FOR ADJUSTABLE RATE MORT4 GAGES.

5 Section 3707(b)(2) of title 38, United States Code, is

6 amended by striking out ‘‘on the anniversary of the date

7 on which the loan was closed’’.

Attest:

Secretary.