Tina Smith: “I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 84, S. 189. The PRESIDING…”

“I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 84, S. 189. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The bill clerk read as follows: A bill (S. 189) to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for annual cost-of-living adjustments to be made automatically by law each year in the rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain service-connected disabled veterans, and for other purposes. There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill, which had been reported from the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, with an amendment to strike all after the enacting clause and insert in lieu thereof the following SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Veterans' Compensation Cost- of-Living Adjustment Act of 2021''. SEC. 2. INCREASE IN RATES OF DISABILITY COMPENSATION AND DEPENDENCY AND INDEMNITY COMPENSATION. (a) Rate Adjustment.--Effective on December 1, 2021, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall increase, in accordance with subsection (c), the dollar amounts in effect on November 30, 2021, for the payment of disability compensation and dependency and indemnity compensation under the provisions specified in subsection (b).…”