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HR 3909 117th Congress House 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 2021

Introduced: June 15, 2021 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed House
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To President
Became law
Sep 7, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Jun 15, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Jun 15, 2021
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2021

This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to increase the amounts payable for wartime disability compensation, additional compensation for dependents, the clothing allowance for certain disabled veterans, and dependency and indemnity compensation for surviving spouses and children. Specifically, the VA must increase the amounts by the same percentage as the cost-of-living increase in benefits for Social Security recipients that is effective on December 1, 2021. The bill requires the VA to publish the amounts payable, as increased, in the Federal Register.

The VA is authorized to make a similar adjustment to the rates of disability compensation payable to persons who have not received compensation for service-connected disability or death.

What's happening now September 7, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1