What it does
SourcedVeterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2026
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, 2026. The act 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.
Official summary by the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in Senate, May 11, 2026).
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What has happened
Sourced- May 11, 2026Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.Senate
- May 11, 2026Introduced in SenateLibrary of Congress
Cosponsors
- Jim Banks R-IN
- Marsha Blackburn R-TN
- Richard Blumenthal D-CT
- John Boozman R-AR
- Kevin Cramer R-ND
- Tammy Duckworth D-IL
- Ruben Gallego D-AZ
- Margaret Wood Hassan D-NH
- Mazie K. Hirono D-HI
- Angus S. King, Jr. I-ME
- Patty Murray D-WA
- Bernard Sanders I-VT
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- Tim Sheehy R-MT
- Elissa Slotkin D-MI
- Thom Tillis R-NC