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Title 38 — Veterans’ Benefits

Part III · Chapter 35 — Survivors’ and Dependents’ Educational Assistance

§ 3564. Annual adjustment of amounts of educational assistance

Statutory text

(a)

With respect to any fiscal year, the Secretary shall provide a percentage increase 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)

Any increase under subsection (a) in a rate with respect to a fiscal year after fiscal year 2004 and before fiscal year 2014 shall be rounded down to the next lower whole dollar amount. Any such increase with respect to a fiscal year after fiscal year 2013 shall be rounded to the nearest whole dollar amount.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Veterans Benefits and Health Care Improvement Act of 2000

    Pub. L. 106–419 title I § 111(f)(1)(A) · 114 Stat. 1822

    Enacted · 38 U.S.C. § 3564

    Added Pub. L. 106–419, title I, § 111(f)(1)(A), Nov. 1, 2000, 114 Stat. 1831

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Added Pub. L. 106–419, title I, § 111(f)(1)(A), Nov. 1, 2000, 114 Stat. 1831

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (A) Subchapter VI of chapter 35 is amend-ed 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 30preceding 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).”.

  2. Veterans Benefits Act of 2003

    Pub. L. 108–183 title III § 304(b) · 117 Stat. 2651

    1. Amended · 38 U.S.C. § 3564

      Pub. L. 108–183 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a)

    2. Struck · 38 U.S.C. § 3564

      Pub. L. 108–183 struck out “(rounded to the nearest dollar)” after “percentage increase”

    3. Added · 38 U.S.C. § 3564

      Pub. L. 108–183 added subsec. (b)

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 108–183 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), struck out “(rounded to the nearest dollar)” after “percentage increase”, and added subsec. (b).

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (b) Survivors’ and Dependents’ Educational Assistance.— Section 3564 is amended— (1) by inserting “(a)” before “With”; (2) by striking “(rounded to the nearest dollar)”; and (3) by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(b) Any increase under subsection (a) in a rate with respect to a fiscal year after fiscal year 2004 and before fiscal year 2014 shall be rounded down to the next lower whole dollar amount. Any such increase with respect to a fiscal year after fiscal year 2013 shall be rounded to the nearest whole dollar amount.” .

4 of 4 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2003—Pub. L. 108–183 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), struck out “(rounded to the nearest dollar)” after “percentage increase”, and added subsec. (b).

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Pub. L. 106–419, title I, § 111(f)(3), , 114 Stat. 1831, as amended by Pub. L. 107–14, § 8(b)(1), , 115 Stat. 36, provided that: “Sections 3564 and 3687(d) of title 38, United States Code, as added by this subsection, shall take effect on .”

Credits

2000–2003 · 2 acts
  1. 2000Added Pub. L. 106–419, title I, § 111(f)(1)(A), , 114 Stat. 1831
  2. 2003amended Pub. L. 108–183, title III, § 304(b), , 117 Stat. 2660.
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(Added Pub. L. 106–419, title I, § 111(f)(1)(A), , 114 Stat. 1831; amended Pub. L. 108–183, title III, § 304(b), , 117 Stat. 2660.)

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