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Union Calendar No. 83 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1329 
[Report No. 115–134] 
To increase, effective as of December 1, 2017, the rates of compensation 
for veterans with service-connected disabilities and the rates of depend-
ency and indemnity compensation for the survivors of certain disabled 
veterans, to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the United 
States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, to improve the processing 
of claims by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 2, 2017 
Mr. BOST (for himself and Ms. ESTY) introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
MAY 19, 2017 
Additional sponsors: Ms. SHEA-PORTER, Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. 
CONNOLLY, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Ms. KUSTER of New Hampshire, 
Mrs. BEATTY, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. BILIRAKIS, and Mr. COS-
TELLO of Pennsylvania 
MAY 19, 2017 
Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House 
on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 2, 2017] 
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A BILL 
To increase, effective as of December 1, 2017, the rates 
of compensation for veterans with service-connected dis-
abilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity com-
pensation for the survivors of certain disabled veterans, 
to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the 
United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, 
to improve the processing of claims by the Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Veterans’ Compensation 
Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2017’’. 
SEC. 2. INCREASE IN RATES OF DISABILITY COMPENSATION 
AND DEPENDENCY AND INDEMNITY COM-
PENSATION. 
(a) RATE ADJUSTMENT.—Effective on December 1, 
2017, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall increase, in 
accordance with subsection (c), the dollar amounts in effect 
on November 30, 2017, for the payment of disability com-
pensation and dependency and indemnity compensation 
under the provisions specified in subsection (b). 
(b) AMOUNTS
TO
BE
INCREASED.—The dollar 
amounts to be increased pursuant to subsection (a) are the 
following: 
(1) WARTIME DISABILITY COMPENSATION.—Each 
of the dollar amounts under section 1114 of title 38, 
United States Code. 
(2) ADDITIONAL
COMPENSATION
FOR
DEPEND-
ENTS.—Each of the dollar amounts under section 
1115(1) of such title. 
(3) CLOTHING ALLOWANCE.—The dollar amount 
under section 1162 of such title. 
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