INCREASE IN SUBSISTENCE ALLOWANCE FOR VETERANS PARTICIPATING IN A REHABILITATION PROGRAM.

SEC. 405. INCREASE IN SUBSISTENCE ALLOWANCE FOR VETERANS PARTICIPATING IN A REHABILITATION PROGRAM. (a) Increase.— Section 3108(b) is amended by striking out the table at the end and inserting in lieu thereof the following new table: 106 STAT. 4339 “Column I Column II Column III Column IV Column V Type of program No dependents One dependent Two dependents More than two dependents The amount in column IV, plus the following for each dependent in excess of two: Institutional training: Full-time $366 $454 $535 $39 Three-quarter-time 276 341 400 30 Half-time 184 228 268 20 Farm cooperative, apprentice, or other on-job training: Full-time 320 387 446 29 Extended evaluation: Full-time 366 454 535 39 Independent living training: Full-time 366 454 535 39 Three-quarter-time 275 341 400 30 Half-time 184 228 268 20‍. (b) Cost-of-Living Increase.— Such section is further amended— (1) by inserting “(1)” after “(b)”; and (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraphs: “(2) With respect to the fiscal year beginning on October 1, 1994, the Secretary shall provide a percentage increase in the monthly rates payable under paragraph (1) of this subsection equal to the percentage by which the Consumer Price Index (all items, United States city average published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics) for the 12-month period ending June 30, 1994, exceeds such Consumer Price Index for the 12-month period ending June 30, 1993. “(3) With respect to any fiscal year beginning on or after October 1, 1995, the Secretary shall continue to pay, in lieu of the rates payable under paragraph (1) of this subsection, the monthly rates payable under this subsection for the previous fiscal year and shall provide, for any such fiscal year, a percentage increase in such rates equal to the percentage by which— “(A) the Consumer Price Index (all items, United States city average) for the 12-month period ending on June 30 preceding the beginning of the fiscal year for which the increase is made, exceeds “(B) such Consumer Price Index for the 12-month period preceding the 12-month period described in subparagraph (A).”, (c) Effective Date.— The amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) shall take effect on October 1, 1993.