S. 2392 · 119th Congress

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

Introduced on Jul 23, 2025 by Jerry Moran (R-KS). 22 cosponsors, 14 of them from another party. Became Public Law 119-42.

Stage
Became law
Public Law 119-42
Introduced
Jul 23, 2025
Cosponsors
22
14 from the other party
Policy area
Armed Forces and National Security
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. Reported by committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Sent to the President
  6. Became law

Official title

A bill to increase, effective as of December 1, 2025, the rates of compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for the survivors of certain disabled veterans, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • Administrative law and regulatory procedures
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
  • Disability assistance
  • Inflation and prices
  • Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Public Law, Dec 25, 2025). Public domain.

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.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Jerry MoranR-KSSponsor

Democrats · 14

Independents · 2

Republicans · 6

Roll calls

Recorded votes on the measure. Most measures move by voice vote or unanimous consent, which record no individual positions.

No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

Every action as published, oldest first. Roll calls link to how each member voted.

  1. Jul 23, 2025Introduced in Senate
  2. Jul 23, 2025 · SenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
  3. Jul 30, 2025 · SenateCommittee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
  4. Oct 22, 2025Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Reported by Senator Moran without amendment. Without written report.
  5. Oct 22, 2025 · SenateCommittee on Veterans' Affairs. Reported by Senator Moran without amendment. Without written report.
  6. Oct 22, 2025 · SenatePlaced on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 202.
  7. Nov 9, 2025Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
  8. Nov 9, 2025 · SenatePassed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8035-8036; text: CR S8035-8036)
  9. Nov 10, 2025 · SenateMessage on Senate action sent to the House.
  10. Nov 12, 2025 · HouseReceived in the House.
  11. Nov 12, 2025 · HouseHeld at the desk.
  12. Nov 17, 2025 · HouseMr. Bost moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill. (consideration: CR H4676-4678)
  13. Nov 17, 2025 · HouseConsidered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4676-4678)
  14. Nov 17, 2025 · HouseDEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 2392.
  15. Nov 17, 2025Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4676)
  16. Nov 17, 2025 · HouseOn motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4676)
  17. Nov 17, 2025 · HouseMotion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  18. Nov 25, 2025Presented to President.
  19. Nov 25, 2025 · HousePresented to President.
  20. Nov 25, 2025Signed by President.
  21. Nov 25, 2025Signed by President.
  22. Nov 25, 2025Became Public Law No: 119-42.
  23. Nov 25, 2025Became Public Law No: 119-42.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

Analisa's mapping of committee jurisdiction to federal agencies; the bill may touch others, or none of these.

Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS4 reports
    $627.8K reported (all issues)
  2. PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA3 reports
    $307.5K reported (all issues)
  3. Saving College Sports2 reports
    $40K reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2025, 2026.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 6, 2026 · loaded Oct 6, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.