In the Senate of the United States,
October 12 (legislative day, September 22), 2000.
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representa-
tives (H.R. 4850) entitled ‘‘An Act to provide a cost-of-living
adjustment in rates of compensation paid to veterans with
service-connected disabilities, to enhance programs providing
compensation and life insurance benefits for veterans, and for
other purposes.’’, do pass with the following
AMENDMENTS:
Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Veterans’ Compensation
Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2000’’.
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SEC. 2. INCREASE IN RATES OF DISABILITY COMPENSATION
AND DEPENDENCY AND INDEMNITY COM-
PENSATION.
(a) RATE ADJUSTMENT.—The Secretary of Veterans
Affairs shall, effective on December 1, 2000, increase the dol-
lar amounts in effect for the payment of disability com-
pensation and dependency and indemnity compensation by
the Secretary, as specified in subsection (b).
(b) AMOUNTS
TO
BE
INCREASED.—The dollar
amounts to be increased pursuant to subsection (a) are the
following:
(1) COMPENSATION.—Each of the dollar amounts
in effect under section 1114 of title 38, United States
Code.
(2) ADDITIONAL
COMPENSATION
FOR
DEPEND-
ENTS.—Each of the dollar amounts in effect under
sections 1115(1) of such title.
(3) CLOTHING ALLOWANCE.—The dollar amount
in effect under section 1162 of such title.
(4) NEW DIC RATES.—The dollar amounts in ef-
fect 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.
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(6) ADDITIONAL DIC FOR SURVIVING SPOUSES
WITH MINOR CHILDREN.—The dollar amount in effect
under section 1311(b) of such title.
(7) ADDITIONAL DIC FOR DISABILITY.—The dol-
lar 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 increase
under subsection (a) shall be made in the dollar amounts
specified in subsection (b) as in effect on November 30,
2000.
(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 in-
creased effective December 1, 2000, as a result of a deter-
mination 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
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subsection (a), the rates of disability compensation payable
to persons within the purview of section 10 of Public Law
85–857 (72 Stat. 1263) who are not in receipt of compensa-
tion 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 2001, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall pub-
lish in the Federal Register the amounts specified in sub-
section (b) of section 2, as increased pursuant to that sec-
tion.
Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘An Act to increase,
effective as of December 1, 2000, the rates of compensa-
tion for veterans with service-connected disabilities and
the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for
the survivors of certain disabled veterans.’’.
Attest:
Secretary.