Veterans’ Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2025
Signed into law Nov 25, 2025 · Armed Forces and National Security
What this law does
- Raises veterans disability payments, added payments for dependents, and the clothing allowance for certain disabled veterans.
- Raises payments to surviving spouses and children of certain disabled veterans.
- Sets the increase equal to the Social Security cost-of-living increase that takes effect December 1, 2025.
- Requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to publish the new payment amounts in the Federal Register.
Plain-language list by Voting On, based only on the official summary by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service and the bill's titles. Read the official summary.
How it became law
- IntroducedJul 23, 2025 · Senate
- 109 daysPassed SenateNov 9, 2025
- 8 daysPassed HouseNov 17, 2025
- 8 daysPresented to the PresidentNov 25, 2025
- Same daySigned into lawNov 25, 2025
Official summary
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.
Summary by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service (Public Law, Dec 25, 2025).
Who wrote it
Sponsor: Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS]
22 cosponsors: 14 Democrats, 6 Republicans, 2 Independents. 15 signed on the day it was introduced, 7 joined later.
Show all cosponsors
| Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|
| Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] | Jul 23, 2025 | Original cosponsor |
| Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR] | Jul 23, 2025 | Original cosponsor |
| Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] | Jul 23, 2025 | Original cosponsor |
| Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] | Jul 23, 2025 | Original cosponsor |
| Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] | Jul 23, 2025 | Original cosponsor |
| Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC] | Jul 23, 2025 | Original cosponsor |
| Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] | Jul 23, 2025 | Original cosponsor |
| Sen. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND] | Jul 23, 2025 | Original cosponsor |
| Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH] | Jul 23, 2025 | Original cosponsor |
| Sen. Tuberville, Tommy [R-AL] | Jul 23, 2025 | Original cosponsor |
| Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] | Jul 23, 2025 | Original cosponsor |
| Sen. Banks, Jim [R-IN] | Jul 23, 2025 | Original cosponsor |
| Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] | Jul 23, 2025 | Original cosponsor |
| Sen. Gallego, Ruben [D-AZ] | Jul 23, 2025 | Original cosponsor |
| Sen. Slotkin, Elissa [D-MI] | Jul 23, 2025 | Original cosponsor |
| Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] | Jul 30, 2025 | |
| Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] | Sep 2, 2025 | |
| Sen. Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE] | Sep 30, 2025 | |
| Sen. Kelly, Mark [D-AZ] | Sep 30, 2025 | |
| Sen. Warnock, Raphael G. [D-GA] | Oct 15, 2025 | |
| Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] | Oct 20, 2025 | |
| Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] | Nov 4, 2025 |
Recorded votes
No recorded roll-call votes. It passed by voice vote or unanimous consent, where individual votes are not recorded.
What was added
Amendments adopted (0)
No floor amendments were adopted. Any changes were made in committee or in a later version of the bill.
Sections in the final law that were not in the first version (Introduced in Senate) (0)
None. Every section heading in the final law was already in the first version (Introduced in Senate).
What was removed
Sections in the first version (Introduced in Senate) that did not make it into the law (0)
None. Every section heading from the first version (Introduced in Senate) remains in the law.
Compared by section heading between the Introduced in Senate text (Jul 23, 2025) and the Enrolled Bill text, both from GovInfo. Wording changes inside a section that kept its heading are not shown here; see the amendments and the text versions.
Proposed but not adopted
No amendments were voted down or withdrawn.
Full action history
Show all 23 official actions
| Nov 25, 2025 | Presented to President. |
| Nov 25, 2025 | Presented to President. |
| Nov 25, 2025 | Signed by President. |
| Nov 25, 2025 | Signed by President. |
| Nov 25, 2025 | Became Public Law No: 119-42. |
| Nov 25, 2025 | Became Public Law No: 119-42. |
| Nov 17, 2025 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. |
| Nov 17, 2025 | Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4676) |
| Nov 17, 2025 | On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4676) |
| Nov 17, 2025 | DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 2392. |
| Nov 17, 2025 | Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4676-4678) |
| Nov 17, 2025 | Mr. Bost moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill. (consideration: CR H4676-4678) |
| Nov 12, 2025 | Held at the desk. |
| Nov 12, 2025 | Received in the House. |
| Nov 10, 2025 | Message on Senate action sent to the House. |
| Nov 9, 2025 | Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. |
| Nov 9, 2025 | Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8035-8036; text: CR S8035-8036) |
| Oct 22, 2025 | Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Reported by Senator Moran without amendment. Without written report. |
| Oct 22, 2025 | Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Reported by Senator Moran without amendment. Without written report. |
| Oct 22, 2025 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 202. |
| Jul 30, 2025 | Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably. |
| Jul 23, 2025 | Introduced in Senate |
| Jul 23, 2025 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. |
Sources: Congress.gov (bill record, sponsors, actions, amendments, CRS summary) and GovInfo (official text). Days are calendar days.