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108th Congress > House > Vote 208

Date: 2003-05-22

Result: 426-0 (Passed)

Clerk session vote number: 209

Vote Subject Matter: Foreign and Defense Policy / Defense Policy Budget

Bill number: HR1683

Question: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass

Description: Veterans’ Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act

Bill summary: (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2003 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to increase, as of December 1, 2003, the rates of veterans' disability compensation, additional compensation for dependents, the clothing allowance for certain disabled adult children, and dependency and indemnity compensation for surviving spouses and children. Requires each such (...show more) increase to 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.

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Bill titles: To increase, effective as of December 1, 2003, the rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain service-connected disabled veterans, and for other purposes.

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