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S. 4223 117th Congress Senate

Veterans’ Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2022

Official title: A bill to increase, effective as of December 1, 2022, the rates of compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and the rates of dependency an… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to increase, effective as of December 1, 2022, the rates of compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for the survivors of certain disabled veterans, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 16, 2022 See on congress.gov
Armed Forces and National Security Administrative law and regulatory proceduresDepartment of Veterans AffairsDisability assistanceInflation and pricesVeterans' pensions and compensation
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 13, 2022
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.
May 16, 2022
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
May 16, 2022
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action July 13, 2022

Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2022

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, 2022. 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.

 Related & companion bills 3
  • HR 7846 Identical bill Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2022
  • S 189 Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2021
  • HR 3909 Veterans’ Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2021
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 12
All 12 Democratic 5 Republican 6 Independent 1
D
Cortez Masto, Catherine
Nevada · Sep 6, 2022
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Peters, Gary C.
Michigan · Jul 20, 2022
 R
Collins, Susan M.
Maine · Jul 13, 2022
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Blumenthal, Richard
Connecticut · May 16, 2022
 R
Boozman, John
Arkansas · May 16, 2022
 D
Hirono, Mazie K.
Hawaii · May 16, 2022
 R
Moran, Jerry
Kansas · May 16, 2022
 D
Murray, Patty
Washington · May 16, 2022
 R
Rounds, Mike
South Dakota · May 16, 2022
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · May 16, 2022
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Sullivan, Dan
Alaska · May 16, 2022
 R
Tillis, Thomas
North Carolina · May 16, 2022
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 4223: Veterans’ Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2022. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-4223/
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"S. 4223: Veterans’ Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2022." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-4223/.
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S. 4223, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-4223/.
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