H.R. 8552 · 119th Congress
Veterans’ Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2026
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- House Introduced Apr 28, 2026
- House Passed Nov 9, 2026
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.
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Apr 28, 2026
Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2026
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, 2026. The act 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’ Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2026
Latest action (Nov 10, 2026): Received in the Senate.
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security · Origin: House · Introduced: Apr 28, 2026
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
- House Introduced Apr 28, 2026
- House Passed Nov 9, 2026
No recorded floor vote found.