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		<title>S. 728: Veterans&#8217; Insurance and Benefits Enhancement Act of 2009</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[S. 728: Veterans&#8217; Insurance and Benefits Enhancement Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to grant level-premium term life insurance to veterans under age 65 with service-connected disabilities. Increases from $20,000 to $30,000 the maximum amount of supplemental insurance provided through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for totally disabled veterans. Removes [...]]]></description>
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<p>- Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to grant level-premium term life insurance to veterans under age 65 with service-connected disabilities.</p>
<div style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em;">Increases from $20,000 to $30,000 the maximum amount of supplemental insurance provided through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for totally disabled veterans.</div>
<div style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em;">Removes a condition on the qualification of certain individuals for retroactive benefits from traumatic injury coverage under Servicemembers&#8217; Group Life Insurance.</div>
<div style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em;">Increases the maximum loan guarantee amount under the veterans&#8217; mortgage life insurance program from $90,000 to $150,000, then to $200,000 after January 1, 2012.</div>
<div style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em;">Establishes an annual cost-of-living adjustment for the temporary payment of dependency and indemnity compensation (DIC) to a veteran&#8217;s surviving spouse with one or more children under the age of 18.</div>
<div style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em;">Provides eligibility requirements for the payment of a special monthly pension based on disability for veterans who already qualify for a service pension based upon age.</div>
<div style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em;">Increases amounts of DIC payable to surviving spouses and parents of deceased veterans.</div>
<div style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em;">Increases, and authorizes the annual adjustment of, pension amounts payable to hospitalized veterans and certain children of veterans of a period of war.</div>
<div style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em;">Authorizes and directs the Secretary to pay a: (1) supplemental benefit for the funeral and burial expenses of veterans, making such amount $900 with respect to a non-service-connected death and $2,100 with respect to a service-connected death; and (2) supplemental burial plot allowance for veterans eligible for the current allowance.</div>
<div style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em;">Authorizes the provision of specially adapted housing assistance for disabled veterans whose disability is due to a severe burn injury.</div>
<div style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em;">Authorizes the Secretary to pay a supplemental benefit, for assistance in the purchase of automobiles and other conveyances, for disabled veterans currently eligible for such assistance.</div>
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