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Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2015

Introduced: June 3, 2015 See on congress.gov

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Oct 26, 2015

Held at the desk.

Oct 26, 2015

Received in the House.

Oct 26, 2015

Message on Senate action sent to the House.

Oct 22, 2015

Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7476: text as passed Senate: CR S7476)

Oct 22, 2015

Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S7476: text as passed Senate: CR S7476)

Aug 28, 2015

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 202.

Aug 28, 2015

Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Reported by Senator Isakson under authority of the order of the Senate of 08/05/2015 without amendment. With written report No. 114-122.

Jul 22, 2015

Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.

Jun 3, 2015

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Jun 3, 2015

Introduced in Senate

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

(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.

What's happening now October 26, 2015

Held at the desk.

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