[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2245 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2245

 To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the amount paid by 
  the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to veterans for improvements and 
   structural alterations furnished as part of home health services.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 21, 2025

  Mr. Bacon introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the amount paid by 
  the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to veterans for improvements and 
   structural alterations furnished as part of home health services.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Autonomy for Disabled Veterans 
Act''.

SEC. 2. INCREASE IN AMOUNT AVAILABLE TO DISABLED VETERANS FOR 
              IMPROVEMENTS AND STRUCTURAL ALTERATIONS FURNISHED AS PART 
              OF HOME HEALTH SERVICES.

    (a) Increase.--Section 1717 of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended, in paragraph (2) of subsection (a)--
            (1) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by striking ``$6,800'' and 
        inserting ``$10,000''; and
            (2) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking ``$2,000'' and 
        inserting ``$5,000''.
    (b) Applicability.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
apply to a veteran who first applies for benefits under such paragraph 
on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
    (c) Clarification.--A veteran who exhausted the eligibility of such 
veteran for benefits under such paragraph 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).

SEC. 3. ADJUSTMENT FOR INFLATION.

    Such subsection is further amended by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph:
    ``(4) On an annual basis, the Secretary shall increase the dollar 
amount in effect under subsection (a)(2) by a percentage equal to the 
percentage by which the Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers 
(United States city average) increased during the 12-month period 
ending with the last month for which Consumer Price Index data is 
available. In the event that such Consumer Price Index does not 
increase during such period, the Secretary shall maintain the dollar 
amount in effect under subsection (a)(2) during the previous fiscal 
year.''.
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