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S. 777 · 118th Congress

Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2023

Law · 118-6 · Jun 14, 2023
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JTD TesterSponsor
12 cosponsors · 5 D, 6 R, 1 I
SBD Brown JBR Boozman RBD Blumenthal BCR Cassidy KCR Cramer MHD Hirono AKI King JMR Moran PMD Murray TTR Tillis MRR Rounds CCD Cortez Masto

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

  1. Senate Introduced Mar 14, 2023
  2. Senate Passed Mar 30, 2023
  3. House Passed May 22, 2023
  4. President To the President Jun 7, 2023
  5. President Signed Jun 14, 2023
  6. Law Jun 14, 2023

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

What it does: CRS summary · Public Law · Jun 14, 2023

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.

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

About this bill and sources

Official title: Veterans' COLA Act of 2023

Also known as: Veterans’ Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2023

Latest action (Jun 14, 2023): Became Public Law No: 118-6.

Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Mar 14, 2023

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

  1. Senate Introduced Mar 14, 2023
  2. Senate Passed Mar 30, 2023
  3. House Passed May 22, 2023
  4. President To the President Jun 7, 2023
  5. President Signed Jun 14, 2023
  6. Law Jun 14, 2023

No recorded floor vote found.