HR 3601 · 109th Congress 2005–2007, ended

Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers Act of 2005

Introduced Jul 28, 2005 Originated House Sponsor Bernard Sanders I-VT

Latest action · Oct 12, 2005 Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.

Progress

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IntroducedJul 28, 2005
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers Act of 2005 - Directs the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor to prepare and publish a monthly Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers (CPI) that indicates changes over time in expenditures for consumption which are typical for individuals aged 62 years of age or older. Authorizes appropriations.

Amends titles II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) and XVIII (Medicare) 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 108

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 28, 2005 to Jun 6, 2006; 102 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-CA	Adam B. Schiff	Original	Jul 28, 2005
D-TX	Al Green	Original	Jul 28, 2005
D-WV	Alan B. Mollohan	Original	Jul 28, 2005
D-MD	Albert Russell Wynn	Original	Jul 28, 2005
D-FL	Alcee L. Hastings	Original	Jul 28, 2005
D-NY	Anthony D. Weiner	Original	Jul 28, 2005
D-AL	Artur Davis	Original	Jul 28, 2005
D-CA	Barbara Lee	Original	Jul 28, 2005
D-MA	Barney Frank	Original	Jul 28, 2005
D-TN	Bart Gordon	Original	Jul 28, 2005
D-MI	Bart Stupak	Original	Jul 28, 2005
D-KY	Ben Chandler	Original	Jul 28, 2005
D-MS	Bennie G. Thompson	Original	Jul 28, 2005
D-MN	Betty McCollum	Original	Jul 28, 2005
D-MA	Bill Delahunt	Original	Jul 28, 2005
D-CA	Bob Filner	Original	Jul 28, 2005
D-IL	Bobby L. Rush	Original	Jul 28, 2005
D-NY	Brian Higgins	Original	Jul 28, 2005
D-MD	C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger	Original	Jul 28, 2005
D-NY	Carolyn B. Maloney	Original	Jul 28, 2005
D-NY	Carolyn McCarthy	Original	Jul 28, 2005
D-TX	Charles A. Gonzalez	Original	Jul 28, 2005
D-NY	Charles B. Rangel	Original	Jul 28, 2005
D-MD	Chris Van Hollen	Original	Jul 28, 2005
D-FL	Corrine Brown	Original	Jul 28, 2005
D-MI	Dale E. Kildee	Original	Jul 28, 2005
D-IL	Danny K. Davis	Original	Jul 28, 2005
D-OR	David Wu	Original	Jul 28, 2005
D-FL	Debbie Wasserman Schultz	Original	Jul 28, 2005
D-OH	Dennis J. Kucinich	Original	Jul 28, 2005
D-CA	Diane E. Watson	Original	Jul 28, 2005
D-NJ	Donald M. Payne	Original	Jul 28, 2005
D-VI	Donna M. Christensen	Original	Jul 28, 2005
D-NY	Edolphus Towns	Original	Jul 28, 2005
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton	Original	Jul 28, 2005
D-MD	Elijah E. Cummings	Original	Jul 28, 2005
D-NY	Eliot L. Engel	Original	Jul 28, 2005
D-AS	Eni F. H. Faleomavaega	Original	Jul 28, 2005
D-CA	Fortney Pete Stark	Original	Jul 28, 2005
D-NJ	Frank Pallone, Jr.	Original	Jul 28, 2005
D-NC	G. K. Butterfield	Original	Jul 28, 2005
D-TX	Gene Green	Original	Jul 28, 2005
D-CA	George Miller	Original	Jul 28, 2005
R-FL	Ginny Brown-Waite	Original	Jul 28, 2005
D-CA	Grace F. Napolitano	Original	Jul 28, 2005
D-CA	Henry A. Waxman	Original	Jul 28, 2005
D-CA	Hilda L. Solis	Original	Jul 28, 2005
D-MN	James L. Oberstar	Original	Jul 28, 2005
D-MA	James P. McGovern	Original	Jul 28, 2005
D-IL	Janice D. Schakowsky	Original	Jul 28, 2005
D-WA	Jay Inslee	Original	Jul 28, 2005
D-IL	Jerry F. Costello	Original	Jul 28, 2005
D-GA	Jim Marshall	Original	Jul 28, 2005
R-VA	Jo Ann Davis	Original	Jul 28, 2005
D-MI	John Conyers, Jr.	Original	Jul 28, 2005
R-TN	John J. Duncan, Jr.	Original	Jul 28, 2005
D-PA	John P. Murtha	Original	Jul 28, 2005
D-MA	John W. Olver	Original	Jul 28, 2005
D-NY	Jose E. Serrano	Original	Jul 28, 2005
D-NY	Joseph Crowley	Original	Jul 28, 2005
D-CA	Juanita Millender-McDonald	Original	Jul 28, 2005
D-IN	Julia Carson	Original	Jul 28, 2005
D-IL	Lane Evans	Original	Jul 28, 2005
D-CA	Loretta Sanchez	Original	Jul 28, 2005
D-NY	Louise McIntosh Slaughter	Original	Jul 28, 2005
D-CA	Lucille Roybal-Allard	Original	Jul 28, 2005
D-IL	Luis V. Gutierrez	Original	Jul 28, 2005
D-CA	Lynn C. Woolsey	Original	Jul 28, 2005
D-NY	Major R. Owens	Original	Jul 28, 2005
D-OH	Marcy Kaptur	Original	Jul 28, 2005
D-NY	Maurice D. Hinchey	Original	Jul 28, 2005
D-PA	Michael F. Doyle	Original	Jul 28, 2005
D-ME	Michael H. Michaud	Original	Jul 28, 2005
D-CA	Michael M. Honda	Original	Jul 28, 2005
D-NY	Michael R. McNulty	Original	Jul 28, 2005
D-NC	Mike McIntyre	Original	Jul 28, 2005
D-AR	Mike Ross	Original	Jul 28, 2005
D-HI	Neil Abercrombie	Original	Jul 28, 2005
D-NY	Nita M. Lowey	Original	Jul 28, 2005
D-PA	Paul E. Kanjorski	Original	Jul 28, 2005
D-OR	Peter A. DeFazio	Original	Jul 28, 2005
R-TX	Ralph M. Hall	Original	Jul 28, 2005
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva	Original	Jul 28, 2005
R-CT	Rob Simmons	Original	Jul 28, 2005
D-PA	Robert A. Brady	Original	Jul 28, 2005
D-AL	Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr.	Original	Jul 28, 2005
R-OH	Robert W. Ney	Original	Jul 28, 2005
D-FL	Robert Wexler	Original	Jul 28, 2005
D-CA	Sam Farr	Original	Jul 28, 2005
D-GA	Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.	Original	Jul 28, 2005
D-TX	Sheila Jackson Lee	Original	Jul 28, 2005
D-NV	Shelley Berkley	Original	Jul 28, 2005
D-OH	Sherrod Brown	Original	Jul 28, 2005
D-SD	Stephanie Herseth Sandlin	Original	Jul 28, 2005
D-NY	Steve Israel	Original	Jul 28, 2005
R-OH	Steven C. LaTourette	Original	Jul 28, 2005
D-NJ	Steven R. Rothman	Original	Jul 28, 2005
D-PA	Tim Holden	Original	Jul 28, 2005
D-OH	Tim Ryan	Original	Jul 28, 2005
R-PA	Todd Russell Platts	Original	Jul 28, 2005
D-CA	Tom Lantos	Original	Jul 28, 2005
D-LA	William J. Jefferson	Original	Jul 28, 2005
D-MI	Carolyn C. Kilpatrick		Sep 8, 2005
D-IL	Jesse L. Jackson, Jr.		Oct 7, 2005
D-CA	Linda T. Sánchez		Oct 7, 2005
D-NY	Gary L. Ackerman		Oct 17, 2005
D-MA	Martin T. Meehan		Feb 8, 2006
D-MA	Stephen F. Lynch		Jun 6, 2006

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 Jul 28, 2005
	Social Security Subcommittee	Referred Aug 4, 2005
	Health Subcommittee	Referred Aug 4, 2005
House	Energy and Commerce Committee	Referred Jul 28, 2005
	Health Subcommittee	Referred Aug 5, 2005
House	Education and Workforce Committee	Referred Jul 28, 2005
	Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee	Referred Oct 12, 2005

Actions 6

Everything that happened, newest first.

Oct 12, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
Aug 5, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
Aug 4, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
Aug 4, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jul 28, 2005Introduced in House

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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 of 2005

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Social Welfare.

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Jul 28, 2005Introduced in House

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