Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2006
Latest action · Jun 28, 2006 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 2, 2006
- Passed HouseJun 27, 2006
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on June 22, 2007. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2006 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to increase, as of December 1, 2006, 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 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.
Recorded votes 1
Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.
| Roll call | Question | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House 321 | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Passed408–0 | Jun 27, 2006 |
Cosponsors 31
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 2, 2006 to Jun 22, 2006; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-IL | Lane Evans | Original | Mar 2, 2006 |
| D-NV | Shelley Berkley | Original | Mar 2, 2006 |
| R-IN | Steve Buyer | Original | Mar 2, 2006 |
| R-IN | Dan Burton | Mar 7, 2006 | |
| R-SC | Henry E. Brown, Jr. | Mar 7, 2006 | |
| R-NH | Jeb Bradley | Mar 7, 2006 | |
| R-FL | Michael Bilirakis | Mar 7, 2006 | |
| R-LA | Richard H. Baker | Mar 7, 2006 | |
| D-CA | Bob Filner | Mar 8, 2006 | |
| D-FL | Corrine Brown | Mar 8, 2006 | |
| D-IL | Luis V. Gutierrez | Mar 8, 2006 | |
| D-ME | Michael H. Michaud | Mar 8, 2006 | |
| D-OH | Ted Strickland | Mar 8, 2006 | |
| R-FL | Ginny Brown-Waite | Mar 14, 2006 | |
| D-TX | Silvestre Reyes | Mar 14, 2006 | |
| R-KS | Jerry Moran | Mar 28, 2006 | |
| R-AZ | Jim Kolbe | Apr 4, 2006 | |
| R-CA | John Campbell | Apr 25, 2006 | |
| D-KY | Ben Chandler | May 3, 2006 | |
| D-GA | John Barrow | May 16, 2006 | |
| D-SD | Stephanie Herseth Sandlin | May 17, 2006 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | May 18, 2006 | |
| R-VA | Jo Ann Davis | May 23, 2006 | |
| D-AS | Eni F. H. Faleomavaega | Jun 7, 2006 | |
| D-CO | John T. Salazar | Jun 21, 2006 | |
| D-TX | Charles A. Gonzalez | Jun 22, 2006 | |
| D-OR | Darlene Hooley | Jun 22, 2006 | |
| D-PA | Robert A. Brady | Jun 22, 2006 | |
| D-PA | Tim Holden | Jun 22, 2006 | |
| D-NM | Tom Udall | Jun 22, 2006 | |
| D-AR | Vic Snyder | Jun 22, 2006 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred Mar 2, 2006Markup Jun 22, 2006Reported Jun 22, 2006 |
| Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee | Referred Mar 7, 2006Hearings Apr 6, 2006Markup Jun 8, 2006Reported Jun 8, 2006 | |
| Senate | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred Jun 28, 2006 |
Actions 19
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 28, 2006Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- Jun 27, 2006Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H4588)
- Jun 27, 2006Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 408 - 0 (Roll no. 321). (text: CR 6/26/2006 H4528)
- Jun 27, 2006Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Jun 26, 2006Mr. Buyer moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
In the Congressional Record 3
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House · Extensions | Debate and remarks E1283Recorded votes H4588enact | Silvestre Reyes D-TX | Jun 27, 2006 |
| House | Debate and remarks H4528–H4530Text printed H4528 | Corrine Brown D-FL, Jeff Miller R-FL, Michael H. Michaud D-ME, Steve Buyer R-IN, Tom Udall D-NM | Jun 26, 2006 |
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E264 | Jeff Miller R-FL | Mar 2, 2006 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 4
- Jun 22, 2006H.R. 4843, Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2006<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on June 22, 2006</p>
- Jun 22, 2006H.R. 4843, Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2006Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on June 22, 2006
- May 11, 2006H.R. 4843, Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2006<p>Cost estimate for the bill as introduced on March 2, 2006</p>
- May 11, 2006H.R. 4843, Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2006Cost estimate for the bill as introduced on March 2, 2006
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 109-44 | LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON H.R. 23, H.R. 601, H.R. 2188, H.R. 2963, H.R. 4843, H.R. 5037, AND H.R. 5038161 pages | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Apr 6, 2006 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1234 | Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2005 | Related bill | Nov 22, 2005 |
| S 2562 | Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2006 | Related bill | Oct 16, 2006 |
Titles 4
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To increase, effective as of December 1, 2006, 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.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2006
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2006
- Short Titles as Passed House
- Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2006
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 28, 2006Referred in Senate
- Jun 27, 2006Engrossed in House
- Jun 22, 2006Reported in House
- Mar 2, 2006Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.