Autonomy for All Disabled Veterans Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 3309 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3309 To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the amount paid by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to veterans for improvements and structural alterations furnished as part of home health services. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 8, 2025 Mr. Sorensen (for himself, Mr. Takano, and Ms. Malliotakis) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the amount paid by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to veterans for improvements and structural alterations furnished as part of home health services. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Autonomy for All Disabled Veterans Act''. SEC. 2. INCREASE IN AMOUNT AVAILABLE TO DISABLED VETERANS FOR IMPROVEMENTS AND STRUCTURAL ALTERATIONS FURNISHED AS PART OF HOME HEALTH SERVICES. (a) Increase.--Paragraph (2) of section 1717(a) of title 38, United States Code, is amended-- (1) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by striking ``$6,800'' and inserting ``$10,000''; and (2) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking ``$2,000'' and inserting ``$10,000''. (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to a veteran who first applies for benefits under section 1717(a)(2) of title 38, United States Code, on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. (c) Applicability.--A veteran who exhausts such veteran's eligibility for benefits under section 1717(a)(2) of title 38, United States Code, before the date of the enactment of this Act, is not entitled to additional benefits under such sect