COLA Fairness Act of 2001

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Bill Number

HR 390

Introduced

Jan 31, 2001

Latest Action

Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.

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Topics

Commerce Consumer price indexes Cost of living adjustments Economics and Public Finance Government Operations and Politics Government publicity Health Maps Medicare Old age, survivors and disability insurance Regional economic disparities Social Welfare

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Summary

COLA Fairness Act of 2001 - Requires the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor to establish, for 14 specified regions in the United States, monthly regional consumer price indices for computation of cost-of-living increases for Social Security and Medicare (title XVIII of the Social Security Act) benefits.

Actions

Mar 15, 2001

Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
Feb 14, 2001

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
Feb 9, 2001

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 9, 2001

Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
Jan 31, 2001

Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jan 31, 2001

Introduced in House

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