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 95 STAT. 1026

PUBLIC LAW 97-66—OCT. 17, 1981

Public Law 97-66 97th Congress An Act Oct. 17, 1981 [S. 917]

Veterans' Disability Compensation, Housing, and Memorial Benefits Amendments of 198L 38 USC 101 note.

To amend title 38, United States C!ode, to increase the rates of disability compensation for disabled veterans, to increase the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for the surviving spouses and children of disabled veterans, to authorize the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to guarantee home loans with provisions for graduated-payment plans, to increase the maximum amount payable under the Veterans' Administration automobile assistance and specially adapted housing assistance programs, to expand eligibility for memorial markers, to require advance notification to Congress regarding certieun Veterans' Administration reorganizations, and to limit expenditures of medical appropriations in connection with contracting-out studies; and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SHORT TITLE; AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 38, UNITED STATES CODE

1. (a) This Act may be cited as the "Veterans' Disabihty Compensation, Housing, and Memorial Benefits Amendments of 198r. (b) 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. SECTION

TITLE I—VETERANS' DISABILITY COMPENSATION BENEFITS INCREASES IN RATES OF DISABILITY COMPENSATION 94 Stat. 1528. 38 USC 314.

SEC. 101. (a) Section 314 is amended— (1) by striking out "$54" in subsection (a) and inserting in lieu thereof "$58"; (2) by striking out "$99" in subsection (b) and inserting in lieu thereof "$107"; (3) by striking out "$150" in subsection (c) and inserting in lieu thereof "$162"; (4) by striking out "$206" in subsection (d) and inserting in lieu thereof "$232"; (5) by striking out "$291" in subsection (e) and inserting in lieu thereof "$328"; (6) by striking out "$367" in subsection (f) and inserting in lieu thereof "$413"; (7) by striking out "$434" in subsection (g) and inserting in lieu thereof "$521"; (8) by striking out "$503" in subsection (h) and inserting in lieu thereof "$604"; (9) by striking out "$566" in subsection (i) and inserting in lieu thereof "$679";

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