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[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 50 (Thursday, March 21, 2024)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. LUTTRELL:H.R. 7777.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Under Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution, Congresshas the power ``To make all Laws which shall be necessary andproper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, andall other Powers vested by this Constitution in theGovernment of the United States, or in any Department orOfficer thereof.''The single subject of this legislation is:Veteran Affairs[Page H1354]
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- Veterans’ Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2023
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- Veterans' COLA Act of 2024
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DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 7777.
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H.R. 7777, Veterans’ Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2024
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60287
As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on May 1, 2024
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- Disability assistance
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- Inflation and prices
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- Veterans' pensions and compensation
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Armed Forces and National Security
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00
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Introduced in House
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Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2024
This act requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to increase the amounts payable for wartime disability compensation, additional compensation for dependents, the clothing allowance for certain disabled veterans, and dependency and indemnity compensation for surviving spouses and children. Specifically, the VA must increase the amounts by the same percentage as the cost-of-living increase in benefits for Social Security recipients that is effective on December 1, 2024. The bill requires the VA to publish the amounts payable, as increased, in the Federal Register.
The VA is authorized to make a similar adjustment to the rates of disability compensation payable to persons who have not received compensation for service-connected disability or death.
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Reported to House
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Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2024
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to increase the amounts payable for wartime disability compensation, additional compensation for dependents, the clothing allowance for certain disabled veterans, and dependency and indemnity compensation for surviving spouses and children. Specifically, the VA must increase the amounts by the same percentage as the cost-of-living increase in benefits for Social Security recipients that is effective on December 1, 2024. The bill requires the VA to publish the amounts payable, as increased, in the Federal Register.
The VA is authorized to make a similar adjustment to the rates of disability compensation payable to persons who have not received compensation for service-connected disability or death.
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Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2024
This act requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to increase the amounts payable for wartime disability compensation, additional compensation for dependents, the clothing allowance for certain disabled veterans, and dependency and indemnity compensation for surviving spouses and children. Specifically, the VA must increase the amounts by the same percentage as the cost-of-living increase in benefits for Social Security recipients that is effective on December 1, 2024. The act requires the VA to publish the amounts payable, as increased, in the Federal Register.
The VA is authorized to make a similar adjustment to the rates of disability compensation payable to persons who have not received compensation for service-connected disability or death.

Veterans’ Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2024
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Veterans’ Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2024
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Veterans’ Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2024
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Veterans’ Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2024
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Reported in House
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Veterans’ Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2024
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Veterans’ Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2024
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Introduced in House
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To increase, effective as of December 1, 2024, 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.
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  - https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-118hr7777enr/xml/BILLS-118hr7777enr.xml
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- Reported in House
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- Introduced in House
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  - https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-118hr7777ih/xml/BILLS-118hr7777ih.xml
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