S.Amdt. 4564

1. Rewrites section 205

   Replaces

   In S. 1315 · Reported to Senate

   SEC. 205. [struck: SUPPLEMENTAL ][inserted: INCREASE IN ]SPECIALLY ADAPTED HOUSING BENEFITS FOR DISABLED VETERANS.

   Struck: (a) In General.--Chapter 21 is amended by inserting after section 2102A the following new section:

   Struck: "Sec. 2102B. Supplemental assistance

   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 in accordance with section 2102 of this title to an individual authorized to receive such assistance under section 2101 of this title for the acquisition of housing with special features or for special adaptations to a residence, the Secretary is also authorized and directed to pay such individual supplemental assistance under this section for such acquisition or adaptation.

   Struck: "(2) No supplemental assistance 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.

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   Struck: "(b) Amount of Supplemental Assistance.--(1) In the case of a payment made in accordance with section 2102(a) of this title, supplemental assistance required by subsection (a) is equal to the excess of--

   Struck: "(A) the payment which would be determined under section 2102(a) of this title, and 2102A of this title if applicable, if the amount described in section 2102(d)(1) of this title were increased to the adjusted amount described in subsection (c)(1), over "(B) the payment determined without regard to this section.

   Struck: "(2) In the case of a payment made in accordance with section 2102(b) of this title, supplemental assistance required by subsection (a) is equal to the excess of--

   Struck: "(A) the payment which would be determined under section 2102(b) of this title, and 2102A of this title if applicable, if the amount described in section 2102(b)(2) of this title and section 2102(d)(2) of this title were increased to the adjusted amount described in subsection (c)(2), over "(B) the payment determined without regard to this section.

   Struck: "(c) Adjusted Amount.--(1) In the case of a payment made in accordance with section 2102(a) of this title, the adjusted amount is $60,000 (as adjusted from time to time under subsection (d)).

   Struck: "(2) In the case of a payment made in accordance with section 2102(b) of this title, the adjusted amount is $12,000 (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 amounts described in subsection (c) in accordance with this subsection.

   Struck: "(2) The increase in amounts under paragraph (1) to take effect on October 1 of any year shall be the percentage by which (A) the residential home cost-of-construction index for the preceding calendar year exceeds (B) the residential home cost-of-construction index for the year preceding that year.

   Struck: "(3) The Secretary shall establish a residential home cost-of- construction index for the purposes of this subsection. The index shall reflect a uniform, national average increase in the cost of residential home construction, determined on a calendar year basis. The Secretary may use an index developed in the private sector that the Secretary determines 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 assistance under this section to all eligible recipients 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 all eligible recipients with supplemental assistance 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 2102A the following new item:

   Struck: "2102B. Supplemental assistance.".

   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 2102B 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 2102 of title 38, United States Code, on or after that date.

   Inserted: Section 2102 is amended--

   Inserted: (1) in subsection (b)(2), by striking "$10,000" and inserting "$12,000";

   Inserted: (2) in subsection (d)--

   Inserted: (A) in paragraph (1), by striking "$50,000" and inserting "$60,000"; and

   Inserted: (B) in paragraph (2), by striking "$10,000" and inserting "$12,000"; and

   Inserted: (3) 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 amounts described in subsection (b)(2) and paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (d) in accordance with this subsection.

   Inserted: "(2) The increase in amounts under paragraph (1) to take effect on October 1 of a year shall be by an amount of such amounts equal to the percentage by which--

   Inserted: "(A) the residential home cost-of-construction index for the preceding calendar year, exceeds

   Inserted: "(B) the residential home cost-of-construction index for the year preceding the year described in subparagraph (A).

   Inserted: "(3) The Secretary shall establish a residential home cost-of-construction index for the purposes of this subsection. The index shall reflect a uniform, national average change in the cost of residential home construction, determined on a calendar year basis. The Secretary may use an index developed in the private sector that the Secretary determines is appropriate for purposes of this subsection.".

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   Strike section 205 and insert the following:

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