HR 1529 · 118th Congress · Armed Forces and National Security

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

Introduced 2023-03-10· Sponsored by Rep. Luttrell, Morgan [R-TX-8]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
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Committee
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House Vote
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Senate
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Enacted
Latest: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.(2023-04-28)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2023 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, 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.…

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H.R. 1529, Veterans’ Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2023

May 16, 2023

As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on April 28, 2023

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Cosponsors (12)

9 Democrats3 Republicans