Veterans' COLA Act of 2023
USA118th CongressS-777| Senate
| Updated: 6/14/2023
Jon Tester
Democratic Senator
Montana
Cosponsors (12)
Bill Cassidy (Republican)Mazie K. Hirono (Democratic)Catherine Cortez Masto (Democratic)Thomas Tillis (Republican)Jerry Moran (Republican)Angus S. King (Independent)John Boozman (Republican)Mike Rounds (Republican)Kevin Cramer (Republican)Patty Murray (Democratic)Sherrod Brown (Democratic)Richard Blumenthal (Democratic)
Veterans' Affairs Committee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
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.
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Timeline
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1066-1067; text: CR S1066)
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S1066-1067; text: CR S1066)
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Received in the House.
Held at the desk.
Mr. Bost moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2479-2481)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 777.
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2479)
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2479)
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Presented to President.
Signed by President.
Became Public Law No: 118-6.
Armed Forces and National Security
Administrative law and regulatory proceduresDepartment of Veterans AffairsDisability assistanceInflation and pricesVeterans' pensions and compensation
Veterans' COLA Act of 2023
USA118th CongressS-777| Senate
| Updated: 6/14/2023
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.
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Timeline
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1066-1067; text: CR S1066)
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S1066-1067; text: CR S1066)
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Received in the House.
Held at the desk.
Mr. Bost moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2479-2481)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 777.
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2479)
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2479)
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Presented to President.
Signed by President.
Became Public Law No: 118-6.
Jon Tester
Democratic Senator
Montana
Cosponsors (12)
Bill Cassidy (Republican)Mazie K. Hirono (Democratic)Catherine Cortez Masto (Democratic)Thomas Tillis (Republican)Jerry Moran (Republican)Angus S. King (Independent)John Boozman (Republican)Mike Rounds (Republican)Kevin Cramer (Republican)Patty Murray (Democratic)Sherrod Brown (Democratic)Richard Blumenthal (Democratic)
Veterans' Affairs Committee
Armed Forces and National Security
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- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
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Administrative law and regulatory proceduresDepartment of Veterans AffairsDisability assistanceInflation and pricesVeterans' pensions and compensation