S 777 — Veterans' COLA Act of 2023
Congress 118
Latest action: — Became Public Law No: 118-6.
Sponsors
- Tester, Jon (D, MT-S) — sponsor · 2023-03-14
- Tillis, Thomas (R, NC-S) — cosponsor
- Cortez Masto, Catherine (D, NV-S) — cosponsor
Action timeline
- — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- · 10000 — Introduced in Senate
- · H15000 — Held at the desk.
- · H14000 — Received in the House.
- — Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- — Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1066-1067; text: CR S1066)
- · 17000 — Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S1066-1067; text: CR S1066)
- — Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.
- · 14500 — Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.
- · H38310 — Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- · H37300 — On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2479)
- · 8000 — Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2479)
- · H8D000 — DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 777.
- · H30000 — Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2479-2481)
- · H30300 — Mr. Bost moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- · E20000 — Presented to President.
- · 28000 — Presented to President.
- · E40000 — Became Public Law No: 118-6.
- · 36000 — Became Public Law No: 118-6.
- · E30000 — Signed by President.
- · 36000 — Signed by President.
Text versions
- Introduced in Senate · 2023-03-14 — open
- Engrossed in Senate · 2023-03-30 — open
- Public Law · 2023-06-15 — United States Legislative Markup
- Enrolled Bill — open
Connected on the graph
Inbound (3)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Tillis, Thomas | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Cortez Masto, Catherine | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2023-03-14 | Tester, Jon | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tester, Jon (D, senate MT) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Cortez Masto, Catherine (D, senate NV) | cosponsor | 3 | — | 4 |
| 3 | Tillis, Thomas (R, senate NC) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Who's influencing them
Orgs ranked by combined money flow on this bill: LDA filings citing the bill + individual contributions in cycle 2026from donors whose employer matches the org name (Schedule A) to any principal committee in the "who matters" list above.
| # | Org | LDA filings | LDA spend | Donor employees | Employee donations | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not employed | 0 | $0 | 234 | $10,712 | $10,712 |
| 2 | apollo | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,000 | $3,000 |
| 3 | apollo global management | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,000 | $3,000 |
| 4 | public strategies washington | 0 | $0 | 1 | $2,500 | $2,500 |
| 5 | westpac welath | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,500 | $1,500 |
| 6 | self-employed | 0 | $0 | 35 | $1,263 | $1,263 |
| 7 | mm coastal wealth | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 8 | massmutual | 0 | $0 | 1 | $500 | $500 |
| 9 | weis law group | 0 | $0 | 1 | $250 | $250 |
| 10 | nasa | 0 | $0 | 1 | $150 | $150 |
| 11 | teichert foundation | 0 | $0 | 1 | $125 | $125 |
| 12 | smh | 0 | $0 | 1 | $112 | $112 |
| 13 | premier financial planning inc. | 0 | $0 | 1 | $100 | $100 |
| 14 | audubon | 0 | $0 | 1 | $62 | $62 |
| 15 | dana-farber | 0 | $0 | 1 | $50 | $50 |
| 16 | matgias, inc. | 0 | $0 | 1 | $50 | $50 |
| 17 | verita llc | 0 | $0 | 1 | $50 | $50 |
| 18 | baker hughes | 0 | $0 | 1 | $50 | $50 |
| 19 | msa | 0 | $0 | 1 | $49 | $49 |
| 20 | equitable | 0 | $0 | 1 | $40 | $40 |
| 21 | kaiser permanente | 0 | $0 | 1 | $27 | $27 |
| 22 | hazel creek montessori | 0 | $0 | 1 | $27 | $27 |
| 23 | mit | 0 | $0 | 1 | $25 | $25 |
| 24 | gdi | 0 | $0 | 1 | $25 | $25 |
| 25 | alvin college | 0 | $0 | 1 | $25 | $25 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
2 predicted yes (0%) · 3 predicted no (1%) · 538 unknown (99%)
By party: · R: 1 yes / 0 no / 276 unknown · D: 1 yes / 0 no / 262 unknown · I: 0 yes / 3 no
2 high-confidence positions (voted + sponsor + cosponsor)
- Cortez Masto, Catherine (D · senate · NV) · cosponsor
- Tillis, Thomas (R · senate · NC) · cosponsor
Activity
Every typed-graph event involving this entity, newest first. Each row is one edge in the influence graph; click the date to jump to its provenance.
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Cortez Masto, Catherine (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Tillis, Thomas (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2023-03-14 · sponsored by Tester, Jon (sponsor) · sponsorship