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Veterans Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act (P.L. 107-247)



PUBLIC LAW 107-247 OCTOBER 23, 2002

Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living

Adjustment Act of 2002

Prime Sponsor: Mr. Christopher H. Smith (NJ)
H.R. 3253, Signed by the President on October 23, 2002


Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2002

Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to increase, as of December 1, 2002, 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.

Text of the Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2002 (P.L. 107-247) [.pdf]