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 PUBLIC LAW 106-419—NOV. 1, 2000 114 STAT. 1831 chapter 35 of title 38, United States Code, for months after October 2000. (f) ANNUAL ADJUSTMENTS TO AMOUNTS OF ASSISTANCE.— (1) CHAPTER 35.— (A) Subchapter VI of chapter 35 is amended by adding at the end the following new section: ''§ 3564. Annual adjustment of amounts of educational assistance "With respect to any fiscal year, the Secretary shall provide a percentage increase (rounded to the nearest dollar) in the rates payable under sections 3532, 3534(b), and 3542(a) of this title equal to the percentage by which— "(1) the Consumer Price Index (all items. United States city average) for the 12-month period ending on the June 30 preceding the beginning of the fiscal year for which the increase is made, exceeds "(2) such Consumer Price Index for the 12-month period preceding the 12-month period described in paragraph (1).". (B) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 35 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 3563 the following new item: "3564. Annual adjustment of amounts of educational assistance.". (2) CHAPTER 36.— Section 3687 is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: "(d) With respect to any fiscal year, the Secretary shall provide a percentage increase (rounded to the nearest dollar) in the rates payable under subsection (b)(2) equal to the percentage by which— "(1) the Consumer Price Index (all items, tJnited States city average) for the 12-month period ending on the June 30 preceding the beginning of the fiscal year for which the increase is made, exceeds "(2) such Consumer Price Index for the 12-month period preceding the 12-month period described in paragraph (1).". (3) EFFECTIVE DATE.— Sections 3654 and 3687(d) of title 38 USC 3564 38, United States Code, as added by this subsection, shall note. take effect on October 1, 2001. SEC. 112. ELECTION OF CERTAIN RECIPIENTS OF COMMENCEMENT OF PERIOD OF ELIGIBILITY FOR SURVIVORS' AND DEPEND- ENTS' EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE. Section 3512(a)(3) is amended by striking "8 years after," and all that follows through the end and inserting "8 years after the date that is elected by that person to be the beginning date of entitlement under section 3511 of this title or subchapter V of this chapter if— "(A) the Secretary approves that beginning date; "(B) the eligible person makes that election after the person's eighteenth birthday but before the person's twenty-sixth birthday; and "(C) that beginning date— "(i) in the case of a person whose eligibility is based on a parent who has a service-connected total disability permanent in nature, is between the dates described in subsection (d); and "(ii) in the case of a person whose eligibility is based on the death of a parent, is between— "(I) the date of the parent's death; and

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