S. 1131IntroducedARMED FORCES AND NATIONAL SECURITY
Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2003
Cost of living adjustments · Disabled · Families
Sponsor
Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA]
R · PA
Key facts
Introduced: May 22, 2003
Chamber: Senate
Cosponsors: 2
Congress: 108th
Latest action · Oct 14, 2003
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 306.
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2003 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to increase, as of December 1, 2003, the rates of veterans' disability compensation, additional compensation for dependents, the clothing allowance for certain disabled adult children, 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.
Summary by Congressional Research Service.
Timeline
- Oct 14, 2003Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 306.
- Oct 14, 2003Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Reported by Senator Specter without amendment. With written report No. 108-163.
- Oct 14, 2003Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Reported by Senator Specter without amendment. With written report No. 108-163.
- Sep 30, 2003Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- Jul 10, 2003Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 108-613.
- May 22, 2003Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7029)
- May 22, 2003Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7029)
- May 22, 2003Introduced in Senate
Cosponsors
- Sen. Bunning, Jim [R-KY] R-KY
- Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV] D-WV
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