    [United States Statutes at Large, Volume 128, 113th Congress, 2nd Session]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

    Public Law 113-181
    113th Congress

    An Act

    To provide for an increase, effective December 1, 2014, 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 2014''.
    SEC. 2. INCREASE IN RATES OF DISABILITY COMPENSATION AND
    DEPENDENCY AND INDEMNITY COMPENSATION.

    (a) <> Rate Adjustment.--Effective on
    December 1, 2014, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall increase, in
    accordance with subsection (c), the dollar amounts in effect on November
    30, 2014, 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,
    2014, 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 2015.

    Approved September 26, 2014.

    LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--S. 2258:
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    CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 160 (2014):
    Sept. 11, considered and passed Senate.
    Sept. 16, considered and passed House.