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TITLE XI—COMPENSATION COST-
OF-LIVING ADJUSTMENT
SEC. 1101. INCREASE IN RATES OF DISABILITY COMPENSA-
TION AND DEPENDENCY AND INDEMNITY
COMPENSATION.
(a) RATE ADJUSTMENT.—The Secretary of Veterans
Affairs shall, effective on December 1, 1998, 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.
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(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 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,
1998.
(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, 1998, as a result of a deter-
mination under section 215(i) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
415(i)).
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(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 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. 1102. 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 1998, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall pub-
lish in the Federal Register the amounts specified in sub-
section (b) of section 1101, as increased pursuant to that
section.
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Amend the title so as to read ‘‘An Act to amend title
38, United States Code, to improve benefits and services
provided to Persian Gulf War veterans, to provide a cost-
of-living adjustment in rates of compensation paid to vet-
erans with service-connected disabilities, to enhance pro-
grams providing health care, compensation, education, in-
surance, and other benefits for veterans, and for other
purposes.’’.
Attest:
Clerk.