Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers Act
Latest action · Jun 20, 2003 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.
- IntroducedMay 22, 2003
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Amends titles II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) and XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for the use of such new CPI in the computation of cost-of-living increases for Social Security and Medicare benefits under such programs.
Cosponsors 117
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 22, 2003 to Oct 6, 2004; 79 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Anthony D. Weiner | Original | May 22, 2003 |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | May 22, 2003 |
| D-MA | Barney Frank | Original | May 22, 2003 |
| D-TN | Bart Gordon | Original | May 22, 2003 |
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Original | May 22, 2003 |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Original | May 22, 2003 |
| D-NJ | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Original | May 22, 2003 |
| D-CA | Bob Filner | Original | May 22, 2003 |
| D-MI | Carolyn C. Kilpatrick | Original | May 22, 2003 |
| D-NY | Carolyn McCarthy | Original | May 22, 2003 |
| D-TX | Charles A. Gonzalez | Original | May 22, 2003 |
| D-TX | Ciro D. Rodriguez | Original | May 22, 2003 |
| D-FL | Corrine Brown | Original | May 22, 2003 |
| D-MI | Dale E. Kildee | Original | May 22, 2003 |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Original | May 22, 2003 |
Committees 3
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred May 22, 2003 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred May 29, 2003 | |
| Social Security Subcommittee | Referred May 29, 2003 | |
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred May 22, 2003 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Jun 2, 2003 | |
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred May 22, 2003 |
| Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee | Referred Jun 20, 2003 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 20, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
- Jun 2, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- May 29, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- May 29, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
- May 22, 2003Introduced in House
- May 22, 2003Referred 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.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To require the establishment of a Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security and Medicare benefits under titles II and XVIII of the Social Security Act.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Social Welfare.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 22, 2003Introduced in House
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