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117-s-189117th CongressWALLET
Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2021
Sponsored By: Senator Thune, John [R-SD]
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Summary
This law raises payments for veterans with service-connected disabilities and for surviving family members by the same percentage as the Social Security cost-of-living adjustment, effective December 1, 2021.
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- Veterans and dependents: Monthly disability compensation rates for wartime service-connected disabilities and additional amounts for dependents increase by the Social Security cost-of-living percentage. These changes raise the base pay veterans receive for service-connected injuries and the extra pay for family members.
- Survivors: Dependency and indemnity compensation for surviving spouses and children is increased by the same percentage. Survivors will see higher monthly DIC payments starting December 1, 2021.
- Special adjustments and publication: The Department of Veterans Affairs can administratively adjust payments for people covered by Public Law 85-857 who never received chapter 11 compensation. The VA must publish the new dollar amounts in the Federal Register by the same deadline tied to the Social Security COLA.
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Higher VA disability and survivor payments
Beginning December 1, 2021, VA raises monthly disability and survivor (DIC) payments. The increase matches the Social Security cost-of-living percent for that date. VA also updates the clothing allowance and added amounts for dependents. VA publishes the new dollar amounts in the Federal Register and may align some older disability cases to the same increase.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Thune, John [R-SD]
SD • R
Cosponsors
Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI]
HI • D
Sponsored 2/3/2021
Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
CT • D
Sponsored 4/27/2021
Rep. Sinema, Kyrsten [D-AZ-9]
AZ • D
Sponsored 5/25/2021
Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH]
NH • D
Sponsored 6/9/2021
Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT]
MT • D
Sponsored 6/9/2021
Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI]
HI • D
Sponsored 6/14/2021
Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA]
WA • D
Sponsored 6/16/2021
Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]
OH • D
Sponsored 6/16/2021
Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT]
VT • I
Sponsored 6/22/2021
Roll Call Votes
house vote • 9/20/2021
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass
Yes: 423 • No: 0