H.R. 5826 · 110th Congress
Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2008
- Stage
- Passed a chamber
- Sponsor
- Ciro Rodriguez
- Introduced
- 2008-04-16
- Latest action
- 2008-05-22 · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
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 2008 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to increase, as of December 1, 2008, 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.