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110th Congress > House > Vote 175

Date: March 21, 2007

Result: 418-0 (Passed)

Clerk session vote number: 176

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

Sponsor: HALL, John (D-NY)

Bill number: HR1284

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 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to increase, as of December 1, 2007, the rates of veterans' wartime 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 increase to be the same percentage as the increase in benefits provided under title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance [OASDI]) of the Social Security Act, on the same effective date.

Bill titles: To increase, effective as of December 1, 2007, the rates of compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for the survivors of certain disabled veterans.

Links for more info on the vote: congress.gov

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