HR 715 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

Cost of Living Measurement and Index Act of 2001

Introduced Feb 14, 2001 Originated House Sponsor John F. Tierney D-MA

Fact sheet

Latest action · Apr 5, 2001 Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedFeb 14, 2001
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Cost of Living Measurement and Index Act of 2001 - Direct the Commissioner of Labor Statistics to conduct a study to develop a methodology for determining the cost of living in each State, that accounts for the costs of housing, goods, and services, to improve Government management and the economy and management of Government operations and activities that rely on accurate economic information.

Requires the Comptroller General to conduct a study in which the methodology is applied to determine how Federal benefits provided to beneficiaries in each State would be increased if: (1) such benefits were determined based on each State's cost of living under such methodology; and (2) the methodology were applied subject to a hold harmless provision under which benefits would only be increased for high cost of living States.

Cosponsors 19

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Feb 14, 2001.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-NYAnthony D. WeinerOriginalFeb 14, 2001
D-MABarney FrankOriginalFeb 14, 2001
D-MABill DelahuntOriginalFeb 14, 2001
D-MAEdward J. MarkeyOriginalFeb 14, 2001
D-CAFortney Pete StarkOriginalFeb 14, 2001
D-NJFrank Pallone, Jr.OriginalFeb 14, 2001
D-CAGeorge MillerOriginalFeb 14, 2001
D-MAJames P. McGovernOriginalFeb 14, 2001
D-NYJerrold NadlerOriginalFeb 14, 2001
D-MAJohn Joseph MoakleyOriginalFeb 14, 2001
D-MAJohn W. OlverOriginalFeb 14, 2001
D-CAJuanita Millender-McDonaldOriginalFeb 14, 2001
D-CALynn C. WoolseyOriginalFeb 14, 2001
D-MAMartin T. MeehanOriginalFeb 14, 2001
D-MAMichael E. CapuanoOriginalFeb 14, 2001
D-CANancy PelosiOriginalFeb 14, 2001
D-MARichard E. NealOriginalFeb 14, 2001
D-NJRobert E. AndrewsOriginalFeb 14, 2001
D-NJRobert MenendezOriginalFeb 14, 2001

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Apr 5, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
  2. Mar 2, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
  3. Feb 14, 2001Introduced in House
  4. Feb 14, 2001Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Financial Services, 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.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Economics and Public Finance.

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