COLA Fairness Act of 2004
Latest action · Apr 30, 2004 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.
- IntroducedMar 29, 2004
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
COLA Fairness Act of 2004 - 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.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
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 Mar 29, 2004 |
| Social Security Subcommittee | Referred Apr 5, 2004 | |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Apr 5, 2004 | |
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Mar 29, 2004 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Apr 8, 2004 | |
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Mar 29, 2004 |
| Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee | Referred Apr 30, 2004 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 30, 2004Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
- Apr 8, 2004Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
- Apr 5, 2004Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
- Apr 5, 2004Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Mar 29, 2004Introduced in House
- Mar 29, 2004Referred 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.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 108-22 | H.R. 992, H.R. 993 AND H.R. 99493 pages | Education and Workforce Committee | Jun 24, 2003 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To require the establishment of regional consumer price indices to compute cost-of-living increases under the programs for Social Security and Medicare and other medical benefits under titles II and XVIII of the Social Security Act.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- COLA Fairness Act of 2004
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Social Welfare.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 29, 2004Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.