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H.R. 570: American Heroes COLA Act

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H.R. 570: American Heroes COLA Act

113th Congress · introduced 2013-02-06 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2013-02-06 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Runyan, Jon [R-NJ-3] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

American Heroes COLA Act

Plain summary

American Heroes COLA Act - Requires that, whenever there is an increase in benefit amounts payable under title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) shall increase by the same percentage the amounts payable as 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, but only if such percentage increase is calculated using the Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers. Increases the rate of VA special monthly pay for severely injured veterans. Provides a temporary rate for such pay during the period beginning December 1, 2014, and ending September 30, 2018.

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Official text

American Heroes COLA Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Runyan, Jon [R-NJ-3] · 39 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Dina Titus (D-NV), Mark Takano (D-CA), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Mark E. Amodei (R-NV), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Tom Cole (R-OK), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Scott H. Peters (D-CA), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Gus M. Bilirakis (R-FL), Raul Ruiz (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong113-hr570 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113