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S 1493 114th Congress Senate Armed Forces and National Security Administrative law and regulatory procedures Department of Veterans Affairs Disability assistance Inflation and prices Veterans' pensions and compensation

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

Introduced: June 3, 2015 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 10 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
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
 Amendments to this bill 1

Amendments propose changes to this bill. Members vote on amendments separately before the final bill vote. An agreed amendment becomes part of the bill; a failed amendment does not.

AmendmentSponsorPurposeStatusLatest action
SAMDT 2,704 Blumenthal, Richard — Pending —
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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.

What's happening now October 26, 2015

Held at the desk.

 Related & companion bills 4
  • HR 675 Related bill Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2015
  • HR 5588 Related bill Veterans' Compensation COLA Act of 2016
  • S 3032 Related bill Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2016
  • HR 4782 Related bill Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2016
 Bill text 3 versions

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 13
All 13 Democratic 5 Republican 7 Independent 1
D
Coons, Christopher A.
Delaware · Oct 7, 2015
 D
Peters, Gary C.
Michigan · Oct 5, 2015
 R
Hoeven, John
North Dakota · Sep 24, 2015
 D
Blumenthal, Richard
Connecticut · Jun 3, 2015
 R
Boozman, John
Arkansas · Jun 3, 2015
 R
Cassidy, Bill
Louisiana · Jun 3, 2015
 D
Hirono, Mazie K.
Hawaii · Jun 3, 2015
 R
Moran, Jerry
Kansas · Jun 3, 2015
 D
Murray, Patty
Washington · Jun 3, 2015
 R
Rounds, Mike
South Dakota · Jun 3, 2015
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Jun 3, 2015
 R
Sullivan, Dan
Alaska · Jun 3, 2015
 R
Tillis, Thomas
North Carolina · Jun 3, 2015
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