Bills · 119th Congress · Armed Forces and National Security

Veterans’ Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2025

Where it stands

  1. Introduced7/23/25
  2. Passed SenatePassed 11/9/25
  3. HousePassed 11/17/25
  4. PresidentSigned 11/25/25
  5. LawPublic Law 119-42

Passed the Senate by unanimous consent on November 9, 2025. Passed the House by voice vote on November 17, 2025. Became Public Law 119-42 on November 25, 2025.

Passed by voice vote or unanimous consent — no individual positions were recorded.

Official summary (CRS)

Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2025

This act 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, 2025. 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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Sponsor
Sen. Jerry Moran ( Republican · KS)
Cosponsors
22
Introduced
7/23/25
Policy area
Armed Forces and National Security

What happens next

Became Public Law 119-42.

All actions (19)
  1. 7/23/25Introduced in Senate
  2. 7/23/25Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
  3. 7/30/25Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
  4. 10/22/25Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Reported by Senator Moran without amendment. Without written report.
  5. 10/22/25Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 202.
  6. 11/9/25Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
  7. 11/9/25Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8035-8036; text: CR S8035-8036)
  8. 11/10/25Message on Senate action sent to the House.
  9. 11/12/25Received in the House.
  10. 11/12/25Held at the desk.
  11. 11/17/25Mr. Bost moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill. (consideration: CR H4676-4678)
  12. 11/17/25Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4676-4678)
  13. 11/17/25DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 2392.
  14. 11/17/25Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4676)
  15. 11/17/25On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4676)
  16. 11/17/25Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  17. 11/25/25Presented to President.
  18. 11/25/25Signed by President.
  19. 11/25/25Became Public Law No: 119-42.