IIB 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4175 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
SEPTEMBER 7, 2004 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
AN ACT 
To increase, effective as of December 1, 2004, the rates 
of disability compensation for veterans with service-con-
nected disabilities and the rates of dependency and in-
demnity compensation for survivors of certain service- 
connected disabled veterans, and for other purposes.
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(4) NEW DIC RATES.—The dollar amounts in 
effect under paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 
1311(a) of such title. 
(5) OLD
DIC
RATES.—Each of the dollar 
amounts in effect under section 1311(a)(3) of such 
title. 
(6) ADDITIONAL DIC FOR SURVIVING SPOUSES 
WITH MINOR CHILDREN.—The dollar amount in ef-
fect under section 1311(b) of such title. 
(7) ADDITIONAL
DIC
FOR
DISABILITY.—The 
dollar amounts in effect under sections 1311(c) and 
1311(d) of such title. 
(8) DIC FOR DEPENDENT CHILDREN.—The dol-
lar amounts in effect under sections 1313(a) and 
1314 of such title. 
(c) DETERMINATION
OF INCREASE.—(1) The in-
crease under subsection (a) shall be made in the dollar 
amounts specified in subsection (b) as in effect on Novem-
ber 30, 2004. 
(2) Except as provided in paragraph (3), each such 
amount shall be increased by the same percentage as the 
percentage by which benefit amounts payable under title 
II of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 401 et seq.) are 
increased effective December 1, 2004, as a result of a de-
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termination under section 215(i) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
415(i)). 
(3) Each dollar amount increased pursuant to para-
graph (2) shall, if not a whole dollar amount, be rounded 
down to the next lower whole dollar amount. 
(d) SPECIAL RULE.—The Secretary may adjust ad-
ministratively, consistent with the increases made under 
subsection (a), the rates of disability compensation pay-
able to persons within the purview of section 10 of Public 
Law 85–857 (72 Stat. 1263) who are not in receipt of 
compensation payable pursuant to chapter 11 of title 38, 
United States Code. 
SEC. 3. PUBLICATION OF ADJUSTED RATES. 
At the same time as the matters specified in section 
215(i)(2)(D) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
415(i)(2)(D)) are required to be published by reason of 
a determination made under section 215(i) of such Act 
during fiscal year 2005, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
shall publish in the Federal Register the amounts specified 
in subsection (b) of section 2, as increased pursuant to 
that section.
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SEC. 4. IMPROVED BENEFITS FOR FORMER PRISONERS OF 
WAR. 
Section 1112(b)(3) of title 38, United States Code, 
is amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(L) Osteoporosis.’’. 
SEC. 5. CODIFICATION OF COST-OF-LIVING ADJUSTMENT 
PROVIDED IN PUBLIC LAW 108–47. 
(a) VETERANS’ DISABILITY COMPENSATION.—Sec-
tion 1114 of title 38, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘$104’’ in subsection (a) and in-
serting ‘‘$106’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘$201’’ in subsection (b) and in-
serting ‘‘$205’’; 
(3) by striking ‘‘$310’’ in subsection (c) and in-
serting ‘‘$316’’; 
(4) by striking ‘‘$445’’ in subsection (d) and in-
serting ‘‘$454’’; 
(5) by striking ‘‘$633’’ in subsection (e) and in-
serting ‘‘$646’’; 
(6) by striking ‘‘$801’’ in subsection (f) and in-
serting ‘‘$817’’; 
(7) by striking ‘‘$1,008’’ in subsection (g) and 
inserting ‘‘$1,029’’; 
(8) by striking ‘‘$1,171’’ in subsection (h) and 
inserting ‘‘$1,195’’;
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(9) by striking ‘‘$1,317’’ in subsection (i) and 
inserting ‘‘$1,344’’; 
(10) by striking ‘‘$2,193’’ in subsection (j) and 
inserting ‘‘$2,239’’; 
(11) in subsection (k)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘$81’’ both places it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘$82’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘$2,728’’ and ‘‘$3,827’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$2,785’’ and ‘‘$3,907’’, respec-
tively; 
(12) by striking ‘‘$2,728’’ in subsection (l) and 
inserting ‘‘$2,785’’; 
(13) by striking ‘‘$3,010’’ in subsection (m) 
and inserting ‘‘$3,073’’; 
(14) by striking ‘‘$3,425’’ in subsection (n) and 
inserting ‘‘$3,496’’; 
(15) by striking ‘‘$3,827’’ each place it appears 
in subsections (o) and (p) and inserting ‘‘$3,907’’; 
(16) by striking ‘‘$1,643’’ and ‘‘$2,446’’ in sub-
section (r) and inserting ‘‘$1,677’’ and ‘‘$2,497’’, 
respectively; and 
(17) by striking ‘‘$2,455’’ in subsection (s) and 
inserting ‘‘$2,506’’. 
(b) ADDITIONAL
COMPENSATION
FOR
DEPEND-
ENTS.—Section 1115(1) of such title is amended—