HR 2138 119th 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 2025

Introduced: March 14, 2025 Introduced by: Luttrell, Morgan Republican · Texas See on congress.gov

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Became law

Mar 26, 2025

Subcommittee Hearings Held

Mar 26, 2025

Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.

Mar 14, 2025

Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Mar 14, 2025

Introduced in House

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2025

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, 2025. 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 March 26, 2025

Subcommittee Hearings Held

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