Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 1988

Summary

Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 1988 - Directs the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to increase the rates of veterans' disability compensation and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation paid to the survivors of disabled veterans by the Veterans Administration. Provides that certain payments that were increased under the Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 1987 are to be further increased by the same percentage that benefit amounts payable under title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act are increased as of a specified date (such percentage increase being determined by the cost-of-living increase as referenced by the Consumer Price Index). Requires the Administrator to publish such increases in the Federal Register at the same time that increases under title II of the Social Security Act are required to be published.

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Timeline

1. 26 January 1988

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 26 January 1988

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 29 January 1988

   Committee

   Committee on Veterans requested executive comment from VA, OMB.

   Source: Committee

4. 10 May 1988

   Committee

   Committee on Veterans received executive comment from VA.

   Source: Committee

5. 9 June 1988

   Committee

   Committee on Veterans. Hearings held.

   Source: Committee

6. 29 June 1988

   Reported

   Committee on Veterans. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.

   Source: Committee

7. 18 July 1988

   Committee

   Committee on Veterans requested executive comment from VA (on section 601).

   Source: Committee

8. 1 August 1988

   Reported

   Committee on Veterans. Reported to Senate by Senator Cranston with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. With written report No. 100-439. Additional views filed.

   Source: Committee

9. 1 August 1988

   Reported

   Committee on Veterans. Reported to Senate by Senator Cranston with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. With written report No. 100-439. Additional views filed.

   Source: Committee

10. 1 August 1988

    Calendars

    Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 853.

    Source: Calendars

11. 13 October 1988

    Committee

    Committee on Veterans received executive comment from Justice Department.

    Source: Committee

12. 18 October 1988

    Floor

    Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.

    Source: Floor

13. 21 October 1988

    Floor

    Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent.

    Source: Floor

Votes

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Documents

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• Indefinitely postponed in Senate

  summary · EN · 21 October 1988

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 26 January 1988

  Open at official source

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Sponsors

• Sen. Cranston, Alan [D-CA] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Murkowski, Frank H. [R-AK] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Matsunaga, Spark M. [D-HI] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. DeConcini, Dennis [D-AZ] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Simpson, Alan K. [R-WY] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Thurmond, Strom [R-SC] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Melcher, John [D-MT] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Burdick, Quentin N. [D-ND] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Hecht, Chic [R-NV] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Mitchell, George J. [D-ME] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Pressler, Larry [R-SD] · R · Cosponsor
• Sen. Graham, Bob [D-FL] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Pell, Claiborne [D-RI] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD] · D · Cosponsor
• · ssva00 · Standing

Related records

• related to → Veterans' Benefits and Programs Improvement Act of 1988
• amends ← To provide that Members of Congress shall vote on any increase in the rates of pay of Members of Congress.
• amends ← To provide an improved system for determining the existence of service-connection between active service in Vietnam during the Vietnam era (including service involving exposure to certain toxic agents) and diseases experienced by veterans of such service, to improve the provision for interim benefits for veterans of such service who have certain diseases, and to make improvements in the composition of the advisory committee on the "Ranch Hand Study" and the procedures used by such advisory committee.
• amends ← To amend title 38 and title 10, United States Code, to provide veterans' educational assistance benefits for flight training.
• amends ← To advance to December 31, 1988, the effective date for presumptive benefits for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma for certain Vietnam veterans, to exclude Agent Orange litigation settlement payments from income computations under certain need-based programs, and for other purposes.
• amends ← To require the Secretary of Labor and the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to provide information and assistance regarding services and benefits programs to veterans who are dislocated workers or are otherwise unemployed.
• amends ← To make applicable to all veterans who served in an area of hostilities the provision requiring the furnishing of treatment on a priority basis to veterans who have post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) related to their service and to require specification of funding for compensation, treatment, and research for PTSD in Veterans' Administration budget documents.
• amends ← To provide for a payment to the survivors of certain Montgomery GI Bill participants who die while on active duty.