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 94 STAT. 1528

PUBLIC LAW 96-385—OCT. 7, 1980

Public Law 96-385 96th Congress

An Act Oct. 7, 1980 [H.R. 7511]

Veterans' Disability Compensation and Housing Benefits Amendments of 1980. 38 USC 101 note.

To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide cost-of-living increases in the rates of compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and in the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for surviving spouses and children of veterans, to provide for limited grants for special home adaptations for certain severely disabled veterans, to provide for Veterans' Administration guaranties for loans to refinance certain existing veterans' home loans and to increase the maximum loan guaranties for home loans made to veterans, and to provide for the confidentiality of certain Veterans' Administration medical quality assurance records; and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) this Act may be cited as the "Veterans' Disability Compensation and Housing Benefits Amendments of 1980". 0)) Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to a section or other provision of title 38, United States Code. TITLE I—VETERANS' DISABILITY COMPENSATION BENEFITS RATES OF DISABILITY COMPENSATION

38 USC 314.

SEC. 101. (a) Section 314 is amended— (1) by striking out "$48" in subsection (a) and inserting in lieu thereof"$54"; (2) by striking out "$88" in subsection (b) and inserting in lieu thereof"$99"; (3) by striking out "$133" in subsection (c) and inserting in lieu thereof "$150"; (4) by striking out "$182" in subsection (d) and inserting in lieu thereof"$206"; (5) by striking out "$255" in subsection (e) and inserting in lieu thereof"$291"; (6) by striking out "$321" in subsection (f) and inserting in lieu thereof "$367"; (7) by striking out "$380" in subsection (g) and inserting in lieu thereof"$434"; (8) by striking out "$440" in subsection (h) and inserting in lieu thereof "$503"; (9) by striking out "$495" in subsection (i) and inserting in lieu thereof "$566"; (10) by striking out "$889" in subsection (j) and inserting in lieu thereof "$1,016"; (11) by striking out "$1,104" and "$1,547" in subsection (k) and inserting in lieu thereof "$1,262" and "$1,768", respectivel;yr; (12) by striking out "$1,104" in subsection (1) and inserting in lieu thereof "$1,262";

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