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Version 80 · Reported to Senate without amendment · Sep 20, 2004
(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 2004 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to increase, as of December 1, 2004, 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.
People & committees
Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] · R–PA
Legislative record
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See also H.R. 4175.
Returned to the Calendar. Calendar No. 705.
Senate passed companion measure H.R. 4175 in lieu of this measure by Unanimous Consent.
Senate incorporated this measure in H.R. 4175 as an amendment.
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S10458-10459)
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 705.
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Reported by Senator Specter without amendment. With written report No. 108-351.
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Reported by Senator Specter without amendment. With written report No. 108-351.
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 108-874.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6279-6280)
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6279)
Introduced in Senate
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