COLA Fairness Act of 2009

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Bill Number

HR 1371

Introduced

Mar 5, 2009

Latest Action

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.

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Topics

Inflation and prices Medicare Social security and elderly assistance Social Welfare

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Summary

COLA Fairness Act of 2009 - Requires the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor to establish: (1) a mapping of the United States comprising 14 specified regions; and (2) particular monthly consumer price indices for such regions for computation of cost-of-living increases for Social Security and Medicare (title XVIII of the Social Security Act) benefits.

Actions

Apr 29, 2009

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
Mar 6, 2009

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 5, 2009

Referred to House Education and Labor
Mar 5, 2009

Referred to House Energy and Commerce
Mar 5, 2009

Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Education and Labor, 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.
Mar 5, 2009

Referred to House Ways and Means
Mar 5, 2009

Introduced in House

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