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[CITE: 24USC414]

 
                     TITLE 24--HOSPITALS AND ASYLUMS
 
                CHAPTER 10--ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT HOME
 
      SUBCHAPTER I--ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF RETIREMENT HOME
 
Sec. 414. Fees paid by residents


(a) Monthly fees

    The Directors shall collect from each resident of the Retirement 
Home a monthly fee.

(b) Deposit of fees

    The Directors shall deposit fees collected under subsection (a) of 
this section in the Armed Forces Retirement Home Trust Fund.

(c) Fixing fees

    (1) The Retirement Home Board shall from time to time fix the fee 
required by subsection (a) of this section on the basis of the financial 
needs of the Retirement Home and the ability of the residents to pay.
    (2) The fee shall be fixed as a percentage of the monthly income and 
monthly payments (including Federal payments) received by a resident, 
subject to such adjustments in the fee as the Retirement Home Board may 
make under paragraph (1). The percentage shall be the same for each 
establishment of the Retirement Home.

(d) Application of fees

    Subject to such adjustments in the fee as the Retirement Home Board 
may make under subsection (c) of this section, each resident of the 
Retirement Home shall be required to pay a monthly fee equal to the 
amount determined by multiplying the total amount of all monthly income 
and monthly payments (including Federal payments) received by the 
resident by a percentage as follows:
        (1) In the case of a permanent health care resident--
            (A) in fiscal year 1998, 35 percent;
            (B) in fiscal year 1999, 45 percent; and
            (C) in fiscal year 2000, 65 percent.

        (2) In the case of a resident who is not a permanent health care 
    resident--
            (A) in fiscal year 1998, 30 percent;
            (B) in fiscal year 1999, 35 percent; and
            (C) in fiscal year 2000, 40 percent.

(Pub. L. 101-510, div. A, title XV, Sec. 1514, Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 
1725; Pub. L. 103-337, div. A, title III, Sec. 371(b), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 
Stat. 2735.)


                               Amendments

    1994--Subsec. (c)(2). Pub. L. 103-337, Sec. 371(b)(1), amended par. 
(2) generally. Prior to amendment, par. (2) read as follows: ``The fee 
shall be fixed as a percentage of Federal payments made to a resident, 
including monthly retired or retainer pay, monthly civil service 
annuity, monthly compensation or pension paid to the resident by the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and Social Security payments. Residents 
who do not receive such Federal payments shall be required to pay a 
monthly fee that is equivalent to the average monthly fee paid by 
residents who receive Federal payments, subject to such adjustments in 
the fee as the Retirement Home Board may make. The percentage shall be 
the same for each establishment of the Retirement Home.''
    Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 103-337, Sec. 371(b)(2), added subsec. (d) and 
struck out former subsec. (d) which specified fees to be paid by 
residents of the Naval Home and residents of the United States Soldiers' 
and Airmen's Home who became residents of the Retirement Home on the 
effective date specified in section 1541(a) of Pub. L. 101-510.
    Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 103-337, Sec. 371(b)(2)(A), struck out subsec. 
(e) which read as follows: ``A person who becomes a resident of the 
Retirement Home after the effective date specified in section 1541(a) 
shall be required to pay a monthly fee that is equal to 25 percent of 
Federal payments made to the resident, subject to such adjustments in 
the fee as may be made under subsection (c) of this section.''


                    Effective Date of 1994 Amendment

    Section 371(d)(2) of Pub. L. 103-337 provided that: ``The amendments 
made by subsection (b) [amending this section] shall take effect on 
October 1, 1997.''


                             Effective Date

    Section effective one year after Nov. 5, 1990, see section 1541(a) 
of Pub. L. 101-510, set out as a note under section 401 of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 419 of this title.
