S 3068
109th Congress
Senate
Armed Forces and National Security
Clothing
Cost of living adjustments
Disabled
Families
Labor and Employment
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Social Welfare
Survivors' benefits
Veterans' benefits
Veterans' disability compensation
Veterans' pensions
Veterans' Disability Compensation Automatic COLA Act
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 25, 2006
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
May 25, 2006
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Veterans' Disability Compensation Automatic COLA Act - Requires that, whenever there is an increase in benefit amounts payable under title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall increase by the same percentage the amounts payable as veterans' disability compensation, additional compensation for dependents, the clothing allowance for certain disabled adult children, and dependency and indemnity compensation for surviving spouses and children.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Committees of jurisdiction
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