US Congress Senate Bill 2259 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on March 29 2012 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2012-09-12 - Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2012 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to increase, as of December 1, 2012, 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.

Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2012

Sen. Jon Tester [D-MT]	Sen. Daniel Akaka [D-HI]	Sen. Max Baucus [D-MT]	Sen. Mark Begich [D-AK]
Sen. John Boozman [R-AR]	Sen. Scott Brown [R-MA]	Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]	Sen. Richard Burr [R-NC]
Sen. Johnny Isakson [R-GA]	Sen. Jerry Moran [R-KS]	Sen. Patty Murray [D-WA]	Sen. John Rockefeller [D-WV]
Sen. Bernard Sanders [I-VT]	Sen. Jim Webb [D-VA]	Sen. Roger Wicker [R-MS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-09-12	Senate	Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
2012-06-27	Senate	Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.
2012-03-29	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

HB1407 (Related) 2011-05-24 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
HB4114 (Related) 2012-11-27 - Became Public Law No: 112-198.
SB894 (Related) 2011-11-09 - Became Public Law No: 112-53.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/senate-bill/2259/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/s2259/BILLS-112s2259is.pdf