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(A) is furnished an explanation of the insurance
benefits available for dependents under the amend-
ments made by this section; and
(B) is afforded an opportunity before such ef-
fective date to make elections that are authorized
under those amendments to be made with respect to
dependents.
(3) For purposes of paragraph (2):
(A) The term ‘‘Secretary concerned’’ has the
meaning given that term in section 101 of title 38,
United States Code.
(B) The term ‘‘eligible member’’ means a mem-
ber of the uniformed services described in subpara-
graph (A) or (C) of section 1967(a)(1) of title 38,
United States Code, as amended by subsection
(b)(1).
SEC. 303. RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY OF INCREASE IN
MAXIMUM 
SGLI 
BENEFIT 
FOR 
MEMBERS
DYING IN PERFORMANCE OF DUTY ON OR
AFTER OCTOBER 1, 2000.
(a) APPLICABILITY OF INCREASE IN BENEFIT.—Not-
withstanding subsection (c) of section 312 of the Veterans
Benefits and Health Care Improvement Act of 2000 (Pub-
lic Law 106–419; 114 Stat. 1854), the amendments made
by subsection (a) of that section shall take effect on Octo-
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ber 1, 2000, with respect to any member of the Armed
Forces who died in the performance of duty (as deter-
mined by the Secretary concerned) during the period be-
ginning on October 1, 2000, and ending at the close of
March 31, 2001, and who on the date of death was insured
under the Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance program
under subchapter III of chapter 19 of title 38, United
States Code, for the maximum coverage available under
that program.
(b) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the
term ‘‘Secretary concerned’’ has the meaning given that
term in section 101(25) of title 38, United States Code.
SEC. 304. INCREASE IN AMOUNT OF ASSISTANCE FOR
AUTOMOBILE AND ADAPTIVE EQUIPMENT
FOR CERTAIN DISABLED VETERANS.
Section 3902(a) is amended by striking ‘‘$8,000’’
and inserting ‘‘$9,000’’.
SEC. 305. INCREASE IN ASSISTANCE AMOUNT FOR SPE-
CIALLY ADAPTED HOUSING.
Section 2102 is amended—
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1) of
subsection (a), by striking ‘‘$43,000’’ and inserting
‘‘$48,000’’; and
(2) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘$8,250’’
and inserting ‘‘$9,250’’.
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SEC. 306. REVISION OF RULES WITH RESPECT TO NET
WORTH LIMITATION FOR ELIGIBILITY FOR
PENSIONS FOR VETERANS WHO ARE PERMA-
NENTLY AND TOTALLY DISABLED FROM A
NON-SERVICE-CONNECTED DISABILITY.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1522(a) is amended by
adding at the end the following new sentence: ‘‘In deter-
mining the corpus of the estates of the veteran and the
veteran’s spouse, if any, the value of the real property of
the veteran and the veteran’s spouse and children shall
be excluded if such property is used for farming, ranching,
or similar agricultural purposes.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) shall apply to payment of pensions for
months beginning on or after the date of the enactment
of this Act.
SEC. 307. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.
(a) TITLE 38, UNITED STATES CODE.—Title 38,
United States Code, is amended as follows:
(1) Effective as of November 1, 2000, section
107 is amended—
(A) in the second sentence of subsection
(a), by inserting ‘‘or (d)’’ after ‘‘subsection
(c)’’;
(B) by redesignating the second subsection
(c) (added by section 332(a)(2) of the Veterans
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Benefits and Health Care Improvement Act of
2000 (Public Law 106–419)) as subsection (d);
and
(C) in subsection (d), as so redesignated,
by striking ‘‘In’’ in paragraph (1) and inserting
‘‘With respect to benefits under chapter 23 of
this title, in’’.
(2) Section 3512 is amended—
(A) in subsection (a)(5), by striking
‘‘clause (4) of this subsection’’ and inserting
‘‘paragraph (4)’’; and
(B) in subsection (b)(2), by striking
‘‘willfull’’ and inserting ‘‘willful’’.
(3) Section 4303(13) is amended by striking
the second period at the end.
(b) PUBLIC LAW 106–419.—Effective as of Novem-
ber 1, 2000, and as if included therein as originally en-
acted, the Veterans Benefits and Health Care Improve-
ment Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–419) is amended as
follows:
(1) Section 111(f)(3) (114 Stat. 1831) is
amended by striking ‘‘3654’’ and inserting ‘‘3564’’.
(2) Section 323(a)(1) (114 Stat. 1855) is
amended by inserting a comma in the second quoted
matter therein after ‘‘duty’’.
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(3) Section 401(e)(1) (114 Stat. 1860) is
amended by striking ‘‘this’’ both places it appears in
quoted matter and inserting ‘‘This’’.
(4) Section 402(b) (114 Stat. 1861) is amended
by striking the close quotation marks and period at
the end of the table in paragraph (2) of the matter
inserted by the amendment made that section.
(c) PUBLIC LAW 102–590.—Section 3(a)(1) of the
Homeless Veterans Comprehensive Service Programs Act
of 1992 (38 U.S.C. 7721 note) is amended by striking
‘‘, during,’’.
Passed the House of Representatives March 27,
2001.
Attest:
JEFF TRANDAHL,
Clerk.