Sec. 302. Increase in special pension for Medal of Honor recipients
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Section 1562(a) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking $1,000 and inserting $3,000 . The amendment made by subsection
(a)shall take effect on the date that is— except as provided in subparagraph (B), one year after the date of the enactment of this Act; and in the case that the date that is one year after the date of the enactment of this Act is not the first day of a month, the first day of the first month beginning after the date that is one year after the date of the enactment of this Act. The Secretary shall not make an increase pursuant to section 1562(e) of such title effective December 1, 2016, if the amendment made by subsection
(a)takes effect before such date. In the case that the Secretary, pursuant to subparagraph (A), does not make an increase pursuant to section 1562(e) of such title effective December 1, 2016, the Secretary shall resume making increases pursuant to such section with the first such increase effective December 1, 2017.