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H.R. 1329 · 115th Congress

Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2017

Law · 115-75
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MBR BostSponsor
12 cosponsors · 9 D, 3 R
EED Esty CSD Shea-Porter MBD Bordallo KCR Cramer GCD Connolly ACD Carson AKD Kuster JBD Beatty ZLD Lofgren GBR Bilirakis DKD Kildee RCR Costello

1 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

  1. House Introduced Mar 2, 2017
  2. House Passed May 23, 2017
  3. Senate Passed Oct 25, 2017
  4. President To the President Nov 2, 2017
  5. President Signed Nov 2, 2017
What it does: CRS summary · Public Law · Nov 2, 2017

(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on May 19, 2017. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2017

(Sec. 2) This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to increase, as of December 1, 2017, the rates of veterans' wartime disability compensation, additional compensation for dependents, the clothing allowance for certain disabled veterans, and dependency and indemnity compensation for surviving spouses and children.

Each such increase shall be the same percentage as the increase in benefits provided under title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act, on the same effective date.

The VA may adjust administratively, consistent with such increases, the rates of disability compensation payable to persons entitled to veterans benefits under public laws administered by the VA on December 31, 1958, who have not received benefits under provisions governing veterans compensation for service-connected disability or death.

(Sec. 3) The VA shall publish such increased rates in the Federal Register not later than the date on which certain social security increases are required to be published in FY2018.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2017

Latest action (Nov 2, 2017): Signed by President.

Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security · Origin: House · Introduced: Mar 2, 2017

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

  1. House Introduced Mar 2, 2017
  2. House Passed May 23, 2017
  3. Senate Passed Oct 25, 2017
  4. President To the President Nov 2, 2017
  5. President Signed Nov 2, 2017

No recorded floor vote found.