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No second increase in a year in which the pension was already increased

To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the rate of the special pension payable to Medal of Honor recipients, and for other purposes, section 3, Sec. 3. Written by .

No second increase in a year in which the pension was already increased

The document says “shall notWho acts: Secretary of Veterans AffairsHow: statuteSec. 3 in the PDF
What the document says

“The Secretary shall not, under paragraph (1), increase the amount of monthly special pension payable under subsection (a) in a year if such amount was otherwise increased during such year.”

To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the rate of the special pension payable to Medal of Honor recipients, and for other purposes, Sec. 3

The new paragraph (2) added at the end of subsection (e) of section 1562 of title 38, United States Code, along with the words subject to paragraph (2) inserted into the text now designated paragraph (1). It bars the Secretary from making an increase under paragraph (1) in a year in which the amount was otherwise increased. Paragraph (1) is the existing statute and is not indexed here.

What the document actually says

“The Secretary shall not, under paragraph (1), increase the amount of monthly special pension payable under subsection (a) in a year if such amount was otherwise increased during such year.”

To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the rate of the special pension payable to Medal of Honor recipients, and for other purposes, Sec. 3
That sentence, in plain words

The head of the agency may not raise this pay twice in one year. One raise a year is the limit.

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The rule points back to a rule in the old law. What that rule says is not set out here.

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