INCREASE IN RATES OF SURVIVORS’ AND DEPENDENTS’ EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE.

SEC. 111. INCREASE IN RATES OF SURVIVORS’ AND DEPENDENTS’ EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE. (a) Survivors’ and Dependents’ Educational Assistance.—Section 3532 is amended— (1) in subsection (a)(1)— (A) by striking “$485” and inserting “$588”; (B) by striking “$365” and inserting “$441”; and (C) by striking “$242” and inserting “$294”; (2) in subsection (a)(2), by striking “$485” and inserting “$588”; (3) in subsection (b), by striking “$485” and inserting “$588”; and (4) in subsection (c)(2)— (A) by striking “$392” and inserting “$475”; (B) by striking “$294” and inserting “$356”; and (C) by striking “$196” and inserting “$238”. (b) Correspondence Course.—Section 3534(b) is amended by striking “$485” and inserting “$588”. (c) Special Restorative Training.—Section 3542(a) is amended— (1) by striking “$485” and inserting “$588”; (2) by striking “$152” each place it appears and inserting “$184”; and (3) by striking “$16.16” and all that follows and inserting “such increased amount of allowance that is equal to one-thirtieth of the full-time basic monthly rate of special training allowance.”. (d) Apprenticeship Training.—Section 3687(b)(2) is amended— (1) by striking “$353” and inserting “$428”; (2) by striking “$264” and inserting “$320”; (3) by striking “$175” and inserting “$212”; and (4) by striking “$88” and inserting “$107”. (e) Effective Date.—The amendments made by subsections (a) through (d) shall take effect on November 1, 2000, and shall apply with respect to educational assistance allowances paid under 114 STAT. 1831chapter 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 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).”. (B) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 35is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 3563the 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, 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).”. (3) Effective date.—Sections 3654 and 3687(d) of title 38, United States Code, as added by this subsection, shall take effect on October 1, 2001.