H.R. 2138 Introduced Armed Forces and National Security

Veterans’ Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2025

To increase, effective as of December 1, 2025, 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.

  1. Introduced
  2. Committee
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. To President
  6. Became law
Sponsor Rep. Luttrell, Morgan [R-TX-8] Introduced March 14, 2025 Cosponsors 12 (10 D, 2 R) Latest action March 26, 2025

Summary

Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2025
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to increase the amounts payable for wartime disability compensation, additional compensation for dependents, the clothing allowance for certain disabled veterans, and dependency and indemnity compensation for surviving spouses and children. Specifically, the VA must increase the amounts by the same percentage as the cost-of-living increase in benefits for Social Security recipients that is effective on December 1, 2025. The bill requires the VA to publish the amounts payable, as increased, in the Federal Register.
The VA is authorized to make a similar adjustment to the rates of disability compensation payable to persons who have not received compensation for service-connected disability or death.

Summary by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.

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Actions

  1. Mar 26, 2025 Subcommittee Hearings Held
  2. Mar 26, 2025 Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
  3. Mar 14, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
  4. Mar 14, 2025 Introduced in House

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