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S. 4487: Veterans’ Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2026

119th Congress · introduced 2026-05-11 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

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Official title

Veterans’ Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2026

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Veterans' 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.

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Veterans’ Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2026

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Sponsor: Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS] · 15 cosponsors

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Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), John Boozman (R-AR), Patty Murray (D-WA), Thom Tillis (R-NC), Bernard Sanders (I-VT), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Jim Banks (R-IN), Margaret Wood Hassan (D-NH), Tim Sheehy (R-MT), Angus S. King, Jr. (I-ME), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)

Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS] reported raising $1.6 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Federal Register
The official daily publication of the U.S. government for agency rules, proposed rules, public notices and presidential documents.
Securities
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Record fed-us-cong119-s4487 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong119 · updated 2026-11-03 by psicol fed-bills