S 2851
114th Congress
Senate
Armed Forces and National Security
Disability assistance
Inflation and prices
Veterans' pensions and compensation
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
Apr 26, 2016
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Apr 26, 2016
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Veterans' Disability Compensation Automatic COLA Act
This bill provides 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 Department 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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