[United States Statutes at Large, Volume 127, 113th Congress, 1st Session]
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Public Law 113-52
113th Congress

An Act


 
To provide for an increase, effective December 1, 2013, 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. <>

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled, <>
SECTION 1. <>  SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living
Adjustment Act of 2013''.
SEC. 2. INCREASE IN RATES OF DISABILITY COMPENSATION AND
DEPENDENCY AND INDEMNITY COMPENSATION.

(a) <>  Rate Adjustment.--Effective on
December 1, 2013, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall increase, in
accordance with subsection (c), the dollar amounts in effect on November
30, 2013, for the payment of disability compensation and dependency and
indemnity compensation under the provisions specified in subsection (b).

(b) Amounts To Be Increased.--The dollar amounts to be increased
pursuant to subsection (a) are the following:
(1) Wartime disability compensation.--Each of the dollar
amounts under section 1114 of title 38, United States Code.
(2) Additional compensation for dependents.--Each of the
dollar amounts under section 1115(1) of such title.
(3) Clothing allowance.--The dollar amount under section
1162 of such title.
(4) Dependency and indemnity compensation to surviving
spouse.--Each of the dollar amounts under subsections (a)
through (d) of section 1311 of such title.
(5) Dependency and indemnity compensation to children.--Each
of the dollar amounts under sections 1313(a) and 1314 of such
title.

(c) Determination of Increase.--Each dollar amount described in
subsection (b) shall be increased by the same percentage as the
percentage by which benefit amounts payable under title II of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 401 et seq.) are increased effective December 1,
2013, as a result of a determination under section 215(i) of such Act
(42 U.S.C. 415(i)).
(d) <>  Special Rule.--The Secretary of
Veterans Affairs may adjust administratively, consistent with the
increases made under subsection (a), the rates of disability
compensation payable to persons under section 10 of Public Law 85-857
(72 Stat. 1263) who

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have not received compensation under chapter 11 of title 38, United
States Code.

(e) <>  Publication of Adjusted Rates.--The Secretary of Veterans
Affairs shall publish in the Federal Register the amounts specified in
subsection (b), as increased under subsection (a), not later than the
date on which the matters specified in section 215(i)(2)(D) of the
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 415(i)(2)(D)) are required to be
published by reason of a determination made under section 215(i) of such
Act during fiscal year 2014.

Approved November 21, 2013.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--S. 893:
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SENATE REPORTS: No. 113-87 (Comm. on Veterans' Affairs).
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 159 (2013):
Oct. 28, considered and passed Senate.
Nov. 12, considered and passed House.