IIB
111th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1293
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
July 29, 2009
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs
AN ACT
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for an increase in the amount payable by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to veterans for improvements and structural alterations furnished as part of home health services.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the
Disabled Veterans Home Improvement and
Structural Alteration Grant Increase Act of 2009
.
Increase in amount available to disabled veterans for improvements and structural alterations furnished as part of home health services
Increase
Section 1717(a)(2) of title 38, United States Code, is amended—
in subparagraph
(A), by striking $4,100
and inserting $6,800
;
and
in subparagraph
(B), by striking $1,200
and inserting
$2,000
.
Effective Date
The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to a veteran who first applies for benefits under section 1717(a)(2) of title 38, United States Code, on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
Applicability
A veteran who exhausts such veteran’s eligibility for benefits under section 1717(a)(2) of title 38, United States Code, before the date of the enactment of this Act, is not entitled to additional benefits under such section by reason of the amendments made by subsection (a).
Passed the House of Representatives July 28, 2009.
Lorraine C. Miller,
Clerk.