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HOUSE 1329115th CongressBecame Public Law No: 115-75.

Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2017

Last Action
11/2/2017

Actions

  • 2017-11-02Became Public Law No: 115-75.
  • 2017-11-02Became Public Law No: 115-75.
  • 2017-11-02Signed by President.
  • 2017-11-02Signed by President.
  • 2017-11-02Presented to President.
  • 2017-11-02Presented to President.
  • 2017-10-26Message on Senate action sent to the House.
  • 2017-10-25Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
  • 2017-10-25Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
  • 2017-10-25Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6820)
  • 2017-10-25Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S6820)
  • 2017-05-24Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
  • 2017-05-23The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
  • 2017-05-23Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  • 2017-05-23On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4476)

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CRS Summary

As of 2017-11-02 (49)

(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on May 19, 2017. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2017

(Sec. 2) This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to increase, as of December 1, 2017, the rates of veterans' wartime disability compensation, additional compensation for dependents, the clothing allowance for certain disabled veterans, and dependency and indemnity compensation for surviving spouses and children.

Each such increase shall be the same percentage as the increase in benefits provided under title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act, on the same effective date.

The VA may adjust administratively, consistent with such increases, the rates of disability compensation payable to persons entitled to veterans benefits under public laws administered by the VA on December 31, 1958, who have not received benefits under provisions governing veterans compensation for service-connected disability or death.

(Sec. 3) The VA shall publish such increased rates in the Federal Register not later than the date on which certain social security increases are required to be published in FY2018.

Cosponsors (12)

  • Elizabeth Esty (D-CT)
  • Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH)
  • Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU)
  • Kevin Cramer (R-ND)
  • Gerald Connolly (D-VA)
  • André Carson (D-IN)
  • Ann Kuster (D-NH)
  • Joyce Beatty (D-OH)
  • ZOE LOFGREN (D-CA)
  • Daniel Kildee (D-MI)
  • Gus Bilirakis (R-FL)
  • Ryan Costello (R-PA)

Subjects

  • Administrative law and regulatory procedures
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
  • Disability assistance
  • Inflation and prices
  • Veterans' pensions and compensation

Became law: Pub. L. 115-75

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