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107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1113

To amend section 1562 of title 38, United States Code, to increase the 
amount of Medal of Honor Roll special pension, to provide for an annual 
    adjustment in the amount of that special pension, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 27, 2001

  Mr. Specter introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
             referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend section 1562 of title 38, United States Code, to increase the 
amount of Medal of Honor Roll special pension, to provide for an annual 
    adjustment in the amount of that special pension, and for other 
                               purposes.

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

SECTION 1. INCREASE AND ANNUAL ADJUSTMENT OF MEDAL OF HONOR ROLL 
              SPECIAL PENSION.

    (a) Increase in Amount.--Subsection (a) of section 1562 of title 
38, United States Code, is amended by striking ``$600'' and inserting 
``$1,000, as adjusted from time to time under subsection (e),''.
    (b) Annual Adjustment.--That section is further amended by adding 
at the end the following:
    ``(e) Effective as of December 1 each year, the Secretary shall 
increase the amount of monthly special pension payable under subsection 
(a) as of November 30 of such year by the same percentage that benefit 
amounts payable under title II of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
401 et seq.) are increased effective December 1 of such year as a 
result of a determination under section 215(i) of that Act (42 U.S.C. 
415(i)).''.
    (c) Effective Date.--(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
amendments made by this section shall take effect on the date of the 
enactment of this Act, and shall apply with respect to months that 
begin on or after that date.
    (2) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall not make any adjustment 
under subsection (e) of section 1562 of title 38, United States Code, 
as added by subsection (b) of this section, in 2001.
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