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S. 2851 114th Congress Senate

Veterans' Disability Compensation Automatic COLA Act

Official title: A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for annual cost-of-living adjustments to be made automatically by law each year in the rates of disabi… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for annual cost-of-living adjustments to be made automatically by law each year in the rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain service-connected disabled veterans, and for other purposes.

Introduced: April 26, 2016 Introduced by: John Thune Republican · South Dakota See on congress.gov
Armed Forces and National Security Disability assistanceInflation and pricesVeterans' pensions and compensation
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Apr 26, 2016
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Apr 26, 2016
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 Latest action April 26, 2016

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

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 5588 Veterans' Compensation COLA Act of 2016
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
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Peters, Gary C.
Michigan · Sep 28, 2016
 D
Schatz, Brian
Hawaii · Apr 26, 2016
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2851: Veterans' Disability Compensation Automatic COLA Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-2851/
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