Bill Summary & Status
111th Congress (2009 - 2010)
H.R.1513
CRS Summary
ABOUT SUMMARIES
NEW SEARCH | HOME | HELP |
Back to Bill Summary and Status
H.R.1513
Title: Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2009
Sponsor: Rep Kirkpatrick, Ann [AZ-1] (introduced 3/16/2009) Cosponsors (10)
Related Bills: H.R.4667, S.407
Latest Major Action: 3/31/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
House Reports: 111-56
SUMMARY AS OF:
3/30/2009--Passed House without amendment. (There are 2 other summaries)
(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 2009 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to increase, as of December 1, 2009, the rates of veterans' disability compensation, additional compensation for dependents, the clothing allowance for certain disabled veterans, 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.
