American Heroes COLA Act
Latest action · May 22, 2013 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.
- IntroducedFeb 6, 2013
- Passed HouseMay 21, 2013
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
American Heroes COLA Act - Requires that, whenever there is an increase in benefit amounts payable under title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) shall increase by the same percentage the amounts payable as 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, but only if such percentage increase is calculated using the Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers.
Increases the rate of VA special monthly pay for severely injured veterans. Provides a temporary rate for such pay during the period beginning December 1, 2014, and ending September 30, 2018.
Cosponsors 39
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 6, 2013 to May 7, 2013; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Original | Feb 6, 2013 |
| R-NJ | Frank A. LoBiondo | Feb 13, 2013 | |
| D-TX | Beto O'Rourke | Feb 25, 2013 | |
| R-OH | Bill Johnson | Feb 25, 2013 | |
| D-PA | Allyson Y. Schwartz | Feb 26, 2013 | |
| D-CA | Mark Takano | Feb 26, 2013 | |
| D-MN | Timothy J. Walz | Feb 28, 2013 | |
| D-CA | Gloria Negrete McLeod | Mar 4, 2013 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Mar 4, 2013 | |
| R-GA | Lynn A. Westmoreland | Mar 4, 2013 | |
| D-GU | Madeleine Z. Bordallo | Mar 4, 2013 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Mar 4, 2013 | |
| D-IL | William L. Enyart | Mar 4, 2013 | |
| D-WV | Nick J. Rahall II | Mar 5, 2013 | |
| R-AR | Tim Griffin | Mar 5, 2013 |
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 Feb 6, 2013Markup May 8, 2013Reported May 17, 2013 |
| Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee | Referred Feb 22, 2013Hearings Apr 16, 2013Markup Apr 25, 2013Reported Apr 25, 2013 | |
| Senate | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred May 22, 2013 |
Actions 17
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 22, 2013Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- May 21, 2013Mr. Miller (FL) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- May 21, 2013Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2815-2817)
- May 21, 2013DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 570.
- May 21, 2013Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2815)
- May 21, 2013Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- May 21, 2013The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
- May 17, 2013Reported by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 113-62.
- May 17, 2013Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 37.
- May 8, 2013Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- May 8, 2013Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
- Apr 25, 2013Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Apr 25, 2013Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
- Apr 16, 2013Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- Feb 22, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
- Feb 6, 2013Introduced in House
- Feb 6, 2013Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
In the Congressional Record 1
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 | Debate and remarks H2815–H2817Text printed H2815 | Ann Kirkpatrick D-AZ, Beto O'Rourke D-TX, Dina Titus D-NV, Jeff Miller R-FL, Jon Runyan R-NJ, Michael H. Michaud D-ME | May 21, 2013 |
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 2
- May 21, 2013H.R. 570, American Heroes COLA ActAs posted on the website on the House Committee on Rules on May 16, 2013
- May 15, 2013H.R. 570, American Heroes COLA ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on May 8, 2013
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H415.
Printed hearings 3
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. 113-60 | LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON H.R. 3593, H.R. 4261, H.R. 4281 AND OTHER DRAFT LEGISLATION67 pages | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Mar 26, 2014 |
| Serial No. 113-16 | LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON H.R. 569, H.R. 570, H.R. 602, H.R. 671, H.R. 679, H.R. 733, H.R. 894 AND H.R. 140580 pages | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Apr 16, 2013 |
| Serial No. 113-7 | JOINT HEARING TO RECEIVE LEGISLATIVE PRESENTATION OF MULTIPLE VETERAN SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS (VSOs)117 pages | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Mar 6, 2013 |
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R43230 | Climate Change Legislation in the 113th Congress Archived | Report | Mar 12, 2014 |
Related bills 5
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 569 | Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2013 | Related bill | Apr 25, 2013 |
| S 893 | Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2013 | Related bill | Nov 21, 2013 |
| S 2258 | Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2014 | Related bill | Sep 26, 2014 |
| HR 4095 | Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2014 | Related bill | Mar 7, 2014 |
| HR 4096 | American Heroes COLA Act of 2014 | Related bill | Mar 7, 2014 |
Titles 5
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- 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.
- Official Titles as Amended by House
- 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.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- American Heroes COLA Act
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- American Heroes COLA Act
- Short Titles as Passed House
- American Heroes COLA Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 22, 2013Referred in Senate
- May 21, 2013Engrossed in House
- May 17, 2013Reported in House
- Feb 6, 2013Introduced 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.
