S. 1493
IntroducedVeterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2015
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10/26/2015 • House
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(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the Senate reported version is repeated here.)
Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2015
(Sec. 2) Directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to increase, as of December 1, 2015, the rates of veterans' disability compensation, additional compensation for dependents, the clothing allowance for certain disabled veterans, and dependency and indemnity compensation for surviving spouses and children.
Requires each such increase to 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.
Directs the VA to publish the increased amounts in the Federal Register.
Authorizes the VA to adjust administratively, consistent with the increases made by this Act, the rates of disability compensation payable to persons who have not received compensation for a service-connected disability.
Passed Senate without amendment • 10/22/2015
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S. 1493, Veterans’ Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2015
As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on July 22, 2015
Published: July 30, 2015
S. 1493, Veteransâ Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2015
As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Veteransâ Affairs on July 22, 2015
Published: July 30, 2015
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Bill Journey
Originated in the Senate
Introduced
June 3, 2015
Committee Review
July 22, 2015
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Floor Debate
October 22, 2015
Passed Chamber
Other Chamber
October 26, 2015
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Text Versions (3)
Committee Reports (1)
Related Bills (4)
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H.R. 4782
Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2016