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Legislation mandating a cost-of-living adjustment for disabled veterans and certain dependents was recently co-sponsored by Rep. Monica De La Cruz (TX-15). 

The bill, H.R. 1529, 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, 2023. The bill requires the VA to publish the amounts payable, as increased, in the Federal Register.

“It is unfathomable to me that we must introduce and pass legislation to give our brave disabled veterans a basic cost-of-living adjustment to their disability payments,” De La Cruz said. “Inflation is still rampant and our veterans who sacrificed their bodies and dependents who sacrificed loved ones should not have to bear the burden of runaway inflation. I’m proud to sponsor this bill and will continue to fight for the men and women who fought for America.”

H.R. 1529, the Veterans’ Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2023, was introduced by Rep. Morgan Luttrell (R-TX).