38 USC § 3564 - Annual adjustment of amounts of educational assistance

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identifier: "/us/usc/t38/s3564"
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title: "38 USC § 3564 - Annual adjustment of amounts of educational assistance"
title_number: 38
title_name: "VETERANS’ BENEFITS"
section_number: "3564"
section_name: "Annual adjustment of amounts of educational assistance"
chapter_number: 35
chapter_name: "SURVIVORS’ AND DEPENDENTS’ EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE"
subchapter_number: "VI"
subchapter_name: "MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS"
part_number: "III"
part_name: "READJUSTMENT AND RELATED BENEFITS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-21"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 106–419, title I, § 111(f)(1)(A), Nov. 1, 2000, 114 Stat. 1831; amended Pub. L. 108–183, title III, § 304(b), Dec. 16, 2003, 117 Stat. 2660.)"
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# § 3564. Annual adjustment of amounts of educational assistance

**(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.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 106–419, title I, § 111(f)(1)(A), Nov. 1, 2000, 114 Stat. 1831; amended Pub. L. 108–183, title III, § 304(b), Dec. 16, 2003, 117 Stat. 2660.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2003— 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

> “Sections 3564 and 3687(d) of title 38, United States Code, as added by this subsection, shall take effect on
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