Congress 108 - HR 3640 - Cost of Living Measurement and Index Act of 2003

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Agriculture and Food Aid to dependent children Cash welfare block grants Commerce Congress Congressional investigations Congressional reporting requirements Consumer price indexes Cost of living Cost of living adjustments Earned income tax credit Economics and Public Finance Education Elementary and secondary education Families Federal aid to education Federal aid to housing Food relief Food stamps Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Government statistics Governmental investigations Housing and Community Development Housing subsidies Income tax Labor and Employment Labor statistics Legislation Social Welfare Taxation

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Cost of Living Measurement and Index Act of 2003 - Directs the Commissioner of Labor Statistics to develop a methodology for measuring the cost of living in each State.

Directs the Comptroller General to conduct a study to determine how certain Federal benefits would be increased if such cost-of-living methodology were applied. Requires such study to include determination of increases in benefits under: (1) the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965; (2) earned income tax credit provisions of the Internal Revenue Code; (3) all Federal housing assistance programs; (4) the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families program; (5) the food stamp program; and (6) all other Federal nutrition assistance programs, to the extent they provide vouchers, coupons, cash grants, or cash reimbursements.

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Jan 30, 2004

Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
Dec 3, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
Dec 2, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.
Dec 1, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
Nov 21, 2003

Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Financial Services, and Agriculture, 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.
Nov 21, 2003

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