S 777 118th 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' COLA Act of 2023

Introduced: March 14, 2023 See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 17 steps

Introduced

In committee

Reported out

Passed House

Passed Senate

To President

Became law

Jun 14, 2023

Became Public Law No: 118-6.

Jun 14, 2023

Signed by President.

Jun 7, 2023

Presented to President.

May 22, 2023

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

May 22, 2023

On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2479)

May 22, 2023

Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2479)

May 22, 2023

DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 777.

May 22, 2023

Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2479-2481)

May 22, 2023

Mr. Bost moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.

Mar 30, 2023

Held at the desk.

Mar 30, 2023

Received in the House.

Mar 30, 2023

Message on Senate action sent to the House.

Mar 30, 2023

Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1066-1067; text: CR S1066)

Mar 30, 2023

Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S1066-1067; text: CR S1066)

Mar 30, 2023

Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.

Mar 14, 2023

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

Mar 14, 2023

Introduced in Senate

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2023 or the Veterans' COLA Act of 2023

This act 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, 2023. 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 June 14, 2023

Became Public Law No: 118-6.

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