S.Amdt. 4563

1. Rewrites section 802

   Replaces

   In S. 1315 · Reported to Senate

   Struck: SEC. 802. SUPPLEMENTAL ASSISTANCE FOR PROVIDING AUTOMOBILES OR OTHER CONVEYANCES TO CERTAIN DISABLED VETERANS.

   Struck: (a) In General.--Chapter 39 is amended by inserting after section 3902 the following new section:

   Struck: "Sec. 3902A. Supplemental assistance for providing automobiles or other conveyances

   Struck: "(a) In General.--(1) Subject to the availability of funds specifically provided for purposes of this subsection in advance in an appropriations Act, whenever the Secretary makes a payment for the purchase of an automobile or other conveyance for an eligible person under section 3902 of this title, the Secretary is also authorized and directed to pay the recipient of such payment a supplemental payment under this section for the cost of such purchase.

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   Struck: "(2) No supplemental payment shall be made under this subsection if the Secretary has expended all funds that were specifically provided for purposes of this subsection in an appropriations Act.

   Struck: "(b) Amount of Supplemental Payment.--Supplemental payment required by subsection (a) is equal to the excess of--

   Struck: "(1) the payment which would be determined under section 3902 of this title if the amount described in section 3902 of this title were increased to the adjusted amount described in subsection (c), over "(2) the payment determined under section 3902 of this title without regard to this section.

   Struck: "(c) Adjusted Amount.--The adjusted amount is $22,484 (as adjusted from time to time under subsection (d)).

   Struck: "(d) Adjustment.--(1) Effective on October 1 of each year (beginning in 2008), the Secretary shall increase the adjusted amount described in subsection (c) to an amount equal to 80 percent of the average retail cost of new automobiles for the preceding calendar year.

   Struck: "(2) The Secretary shall establish the method for determining the average retail cost of new automobiles for purposes of this subsection. The Secretary may use data developed in the private sector if the Secretary determines the data is appropriate for purposes of this subsection.

   Struck: "(e) Estimates.--(1) From time to time, the Secretary shall make an estimate of--

   Struck: "(A) the amount of funding that would be necessary to provide supplemental payment under this section for every eligible person for the remainder of the fiscal year in which such an estimate is made; and

   Struck: "(B) the amount that Congress would need to appropriate to provide every eligible person with supplemental payment under this section in the next fiscal year.

   Struck: "(2) On the dates described in paragraph (3), the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress the estimates described in paragraph (1).

   Struck: "(3) The dates described in this paragraph are the following:

   Struck: "(A) April 1 of each year.

   Struck: "(B) July 1 of each year.

   Struck: "(C) September 1 of each year.

   Struck: "(D) The date that is 60 days before the date estimated by the Secretary on which amounts appropriated for the purposes of this section for a fiscal year will be exhausted.

   Struck: "(f) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.--In this section, the term 'appropriate committees of Congress' means--

   Struck: "(1) the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate; and

   Struck: "(2) the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the House of Representatives.".

   Struck: (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the item related to section 3902 the following new item:

   Struck: "3902A. Supplemental assistance for providing automobiles or other conveyances.".

   Struck: (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of section 3902A of title 38, United States Code (as added by subsection (a)).

   Struck: (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take effect on October 1, 2007, and shall apply with respect to payments made in accordance with section 3902 of title 38, United States Code, on or after that date.

   Inserted: SEC. 802. AUTOMOBILE ASSISTANCE ALLOWANCE.

   Inserted: (a) Increase in Amount of Allowance.--Subsection (a) of section 3902 is amended by striking "$11,000" and inserting "$22,500 (as adjusted from time to time under subsection (e))".

   Inserted: (b) Annual Adjustment.--Such section is further amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:

   Inserted: "(e)(1) Effective on October 1 of each year (beginning in 2009), the Secretary shall increase the dollar amount in effect under subsection (a) to an amount equal to 80 percent of the average retail cost of new automobiles for the preceding calendar year.

   Inserted: "(2) The Secretary shall establish the method for determining the average retail cost of new automobiles for purposes of this subsection. The Secretary may use data developed in the private sector if the Secretary determines the data is appropriate for purposes of this subsection.".

   Inserted: (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take effect on October 1, 2008.

   Original wording

   Strike section 802 and insert the following:

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