Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2015
Latest action · Oct 26, 2015 Held at the desk.
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.
- IntroducedJun 3, 2015
- Passed SenateOct 22, 2015
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the Senate reported version is repeated here.)
Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2015
(Sec. 2) Directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to increase, as of December 1, 2015, the rates of veterans' disability compensation, additional compensation for dependents, the clothing allowance for certain disabled veterans, 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.
Directs the VA to publish the increased amounts in the Federal Register.
Authorizes the VA to adjust administratively, consistent with the increases made by this Act, the rates of disability compensation payable to persons who have not received compensation for a service-connected disability.
Cosponsors 20
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 3, 2015 to Oct 20, 2015; 14 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Original | Jun 3, 2015 |
| R-LA | Bill Cassidy | Original | Jun 3, 2015 |
| R-AK | Dan Sullivan | Original | Jun 3, 2015 |
| R-NV | Dean Heller | Original | Jun 3, 2015 |
| R-KS | Jerry Moran | Original | Jun 3, 2015 |
| D-WV | Joe Manchin III | Original | Jun 3, 2015 |
| R-AR | John Boozman | Original | Jun 3, 2015 |
| D-MT | Jon Tester | Original | Jun 3, 2015 |
| D-HI | Mazie K. Hirono | Original | Jun 3, 2015 |
| R-SD | Mike Rounds | Original | Jun 3, 2015 |
| D-WA | Patty Murray | Original | Jun 3, 2015 |
| D-CT | Richard Blumenthal | Original | Jun 3, 2015 |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Original | Jun 3, 2015 |
| R-NC | Thom Tillis | Original | Jun 3, 2015 |
| R-LA | David Vitter | Sep 22, 2015 | |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | Sep 22, 2015 | |
| R-ND | John Hoeven | Sep 24, 2015 | |
| D-MI | Gary C. Peters | Oct 5, 2015 | |
| D-DE | Christopher A. Coons | Oct 7, 2015 | |
| R-KS | Pat Roberts | Oct 20, 2015 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred Jun 3, 2015Markup Jul 22, 2015Reported Aug 28, 2015 |
Actions 9
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 26, 2015Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Oct 26, 2015Received in the House.
- Oct 26, 2015Held at the desk.
- Oct 22, 2015Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7476: text as passed Senate: CR S7476)
- Aug 28, 2015Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Reported by Senator Isakson under authority of the order of the Senate of 08/05/2015 without amendment. With written report No. 114-122.
In the Congressional Record 2
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S7476Text printed S7476 | Mitch McConnell R-KY | Oct 22, 2015 |
| Senate | Amendments S7050 | Richard Blumenthal D-CT (amendment) | Sep 30, 2015 |
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 estimate
- Jul 30, 2015S. 1493, Veteransâ Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2015As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Veteransâ Affairs on July 22, 2015
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 114-212 | HEARING ON PENDING HEALTH AND BENEFITS LEGISLATION180 pages | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Sep 16, 2015 |
Amendments 1
Amendments offered to this bill.
| Amendment | Description | Offered by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| SA 2704 | No description on file | Richard Blumenthal D-CT | Senate amendment submitted |
Related bills 4
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 675 | Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2015 | Related bill | Jul 29, 2015 |
| S 3032 | Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2016 | Related bill | Jun 29, 2016 |
| HR 4782 | Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2016 | Related bill | Sep 12, 2016 |
| HR 5588 | Veterans' Compensation COLA Act of 2016 | Related bill | Jul 22, 2016 |
Titles 4
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to provide for an increase, effective December 1, 2015, in 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.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2015
- Short Titles as Reported to Senate
- Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2015
- Short Titles as Passed Senate
- Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2015
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 22, 2015Engrossed in Senate
- Aug 28, 2015Reported to Senate
- Jun 3, 2015Introduced in Senate
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.
