Union Calendar No. 363
103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4088
[Report No. 103–668]
A BILL
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide
a cost-of-living adjustment in the rates of disabil-
ity compensation for veterans with service-con-
nected disabilities and the rates of dependency
and indemnity compensation for survivors of
such veterans.
AUGUST 4, 1994
Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee
of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and or-
dered to be printed
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Union Calendar No. 363
103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4088
[Report No. 103–668]
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide a cost-of-living adjustment
in the rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected
disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation
for survivors of such veterans.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 17, 1994
Mr. SLATTERY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
AUGUST 4, 1994
Additional sponsors: Mr. KING, Mr. BISHOP, Mr. HEFNER, Mr. RICHARDSON,
Mr. STENHOLM, Mr. PAYNE of Virginia, Mr. PARKER, Mr. BILIRAKIS,
Mr. EVANS, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. MONTGOMERY, and Mr. STUMP
AUGUST 4, 1994
Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House
on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 17, 1994]
A BILL
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide a cost-
of-living adjustment in the rates of disability compensa-
tion for veterans with service-connected disabilities and
the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for
survivors of such veterans.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; REFERENCES TO TITLE 38,
UNITED STATES CODE.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Vet-
erans’ Benefits Act of 1994’’.
(b) REFERENCES.—Except as otherwise expressly pro-
vided, whenever in this Act an amendment or repeal is ex-
pressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section
or other provision, the reference shall be considered to be
made to a section or other provision of title 38, United
States Code.
TITLE 
I—COST-OF-LIVING 
AD-
JUSTMENT IN RATES OF COM-
PENSATION 
AND 
DEPEND-
ENCY AND INDEMNITY COM-
PENSATION
SEC. 101. DISABILITY COMPENSATION.
Section 1114 is amended—
(1) by striking out ‘‘$87’’ in subsection (a) and
inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘$89’’;
(2) by striking out ‘‘$166’’ in subsection (b) and
inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘$170’’;
(3) by striking out ‘‘$253’’ in subsection (c) and
inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘$260’’;
(4) by striking out ‘‘$361’’ in subsection (d) and
inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘$371’’;
(5) by striking out ‘‘$515’’ in subsection (e) and
inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘$530’’;
(6) by striking out ‘‘$648’’ in subsection (f) and
inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘$667’’;
(7) by striking out ‘‘$819’’ in subsection (g) and
inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘$843’’;
(8) by striking out ‘‘$948’’ in subsection (h) and
inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘$976’’;
(9) by striking out ‘‘$1,067’’ in subsection (i)
and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘$1,099’’;
(10) by striking out ‘‘$1,774’’ in subsection (j)
and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘$1,827’’;
(11) by striking out ‘‘$2,207’’ and ‘‘$3,093’’ in
subsection (k) and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘$2,273’’
and ‘‘$3,187’’, respectively;
(12) by striking out ‘‘$2,207’’ in subsection (l)
and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘$2,273’’;
(13) by striking out ‘‘$2,432’’ in subsection (m)
and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘$2,504’’;
(14) by striking out ‘‘$2,768’’ in subsection (n)
and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘$2,851’’;
(15) by striking out ‘‘$3,093’’ each place it ap-
pears in subsections (o) and (p) and inserting in lieu
thereof ‘‘$3,185’’;
(16) by striking out ‘‘$1,328’’ and ‘‘$1,978’’ in
subsection (r) and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘$1,367’’
and ‘‘$2,037’’, respectively; and
(17) by striking out ‘‘$1,985’’ in subsection (s)
and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘$2,044’’.
SEC. 102. ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION FOR DEPENDENTS.
Section 1115(1) is amended—
(1) by striking out ‘‘$105’’ in subparagraph (A)
and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘$108’’;
(2) by striking out ‘‘$178’’ and ‘‘$55’’ in sub-
paragraph (B) and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘$183’’
and ‘‘$56’’, respectively;
(3) by striking out ‘‘$72’’ and ‘‘$55’’ in subpara-
graph (C) and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘$74’’ and
‘‘$56’’, respectively;
(4) by striking out ‘‘$84’’ in subparagraph (D)
and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘$86’’;
(5) by striking out ‘‘$195’’ in subparagraph (E)
and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘$200’’; and
(6) by striking out ‘‘$164’’ in subparagraph (F)
and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘$168’’.
SEC. 103. CLOTHING ALLOWANCE FOR CERTAIN DISABLED
VETERANS.
Section 1162 is amended by striking out ‘‘$478’’ and
inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘$492’’.
SEC. 104. DEPENDENCY AND INDEMNITY COMPENSATION
FOR SURVIVING SPOUSES.
Section 1311 is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking out ‘‘$769’’
and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘$792’’;
(2) in subsection (a)(2), by striking out ‘‘$169’’
and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘$174’’;
(3) in subsection (a)(3), by striking out the table
therein and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
Monthly
Monthly
‘‘Pay grade
rate
Pay grade
rate
E–7 ........................
$817
O–3 ................................
$923
E–8 ........................
863
O–4 ................................
976
E–9 ........................
1 901
O–5 ................................
1,075
W–1 .......................
836
O–6 ................................
1,212
W–2 .......................
869
O–7 ................................
1,309
W–3 .......................
895
O–8 ................................
1,433
W–4 .......................
947
O–9 ................................
1,536
O–1 ........................
836
O–10 ..............................
2 1,685
O–2 ........................
863
‘‘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 $971.
‘‘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 $1,805.’’;
(4) in subsection (c), by striking out ‘‘$195’’ and
inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘$200’’; and
(5) in subsection (d), by striking out ‘‘$95’’ in
subsection (c) and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘$97’’.
SEC. 105. DEPENDENCY AND INDEMNITY COMPENSATION
FOR CHILDREN.
(a) DIC FOR ORPHAN CHILDREN.—Section 1313(a) is
amended—
(1) by striking out ‘‘$327’’ in paragraph (1) and
inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘$336’’;
(2) by striking out ‘‘$471’’ in paragraph (2) and
inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘$485’’;
(3) by striking out ‘‘$610’’ in paragraph (3) and
inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘$628’’; and
(4) by striking out ‘‘$610’’ and ‘‘$120’’ in para-
graph (4) and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘$628’’ and
‘‘$123’’, respectively.
(b) SUPPLEMENTAL DIC FOR DISABLED ADULT CHIL-
DREN.—Section 1314 is amended—
(1) by striking out ‘‘$195’’ in subsection (a) and
inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘$200’’;
(2) by striking out ‘‘$327’’ in subsection (b) and
inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘$336’’; and
(3) by striking out ‘‘$166’’ in subsection (c) and
inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘$170’’.
SEC. 106. EFFECTIVE DATE.
The amendments made by this title shall take effect
on December 1, 1994.
TITLE II—DISABILITIES RESULT-
ING FROM HERBICIDE EXPO-
SURE
SEC. 201. CODIFICATION OF PRESUMPTIONS ESTABLISHED
ADMINISTRATIVELY.
Section 1116(a)(2) is amended by adding at the end
the following new subparagraphs:
‘‘(D) Hodgkin’s disease becoming manifest to a
degree of disability of 10 percent or more.
‘‘(E) Porphyria cutanea tarda becoming mani-
fest to a degree of disability of 10 percent or more
within a year after the last date on which the veteran
performed active military, naval, or air service in the
Republic of Vietnam during the Vietnam era.
‘‘(F) Respiratory cancers (cancer of the lung,
bronchus, larynx, or trachea) becoming manifest to a
degree of 10 percent or more within 30 years after the
last date on which the veteran performed active mili-
tary, naval, or air service in the Republic of Vietnam
during the Vietnam era.
‘‘(G) Multiple myeloma becoming manifest to a
degree of disability of 10 percent or more.’’.