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117th Congress > House > Vote 261

Date: September 20, 2021

Result: 423-0 (Passed)

Clerk session vote number: 262

Bill number: S189

Question: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass

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

Bill summary: Veterans' Disability Compensation Automatic COLA Act of 2021 This bill provides that whenever there is a cost-of-living increase in benefits for Social Security recipients, the Department of Veterans Affairs shall increase by the same percentage the amounts payable for veterans' disability compensation, additional compensation for dependents, the clothing allowance for certain disabled veterans, and dependency and indemnity compensation for surviving spouses and children.

Bill titles: A bill to increase, effective as of December 1, 2021, 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, and for other purposes.; A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for annual cost-of-living adjustments to be made automatically by law each year in 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.

Links for more info on the vote: congress.gov

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