Bill Summary & Status
107th Congress (2001 - 2002)
H.R.2540



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H.R.2540
Latest Title: Veterans' Compensation Rate Amendments of 2001
Sponsor: Rep Smith, Christopher H. [NJ-4] (introduced 7/18/2001)      Cosponsors (32)
Related Bills: H.R.1291H.R.2361S.1090
Latest Major Action: Became Public Law No: 107-94 [GPO: Text, PDF]
House Reports: 107-156
Note: As introduced and passed House, H.R. 2540 covered a variety of veterans' benefits. As passed Senate and enacted into law, the bill narrowed to become the Veterans' Compensation Rate Amendments of 2001, which provided a cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for veterans' disability benefit programs. H.R. 2361 and S. 1090 also addressed the COLA. Broader veterans' benefits were enacted in H.R. 1291, which became Public Law 107-103 on 12/27/2001.


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