HR 1251 · 115th Congress 2017–2019, ended

CPI-E Act of 2017

Introduced Feb 28, 2017 Originated House Sponsor John Garamendi D-CA

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Mar 27, 2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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.

  1. IntroducedFeb 28, 2017
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

CPI-E Act of 2017

This bill bases cost-of -living increases in benefits under the Civil Service Retirement System, the Federal Employees Retirement System, military retirement and survivor benefit programs, the Social Security old-age, survivors, or disability insurance benefit program, and other specified veterans benefits programs on increases in the Consumer Price Index for the elderly.

Cosponsors 53

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 28, 2017 to Sep 6, 2018; 24 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-MNBetty McCollumOriginalFeb 28, 2017
D-NJBonnie Watson ColemanOriginalFeb 28, 2017
D-NHCarol Shea-PorterOriginalFeb 28, 2017
D-NYCarolyn B. MaloneyOriginalFeb 28, 2017
D-MEChellie PingreeOriginalFeb 28, 2017
D-HIColleen HanabusaOriginalFeb 28, 2017
D-IADavid LoebsackOriginalFeb 28, 2017
D-RIDavid N. CicillineOriginalFeb 28, 2017
D-FLDebbie Wasserman SchultzOriginalFeb 28, 2017
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalFeb 28, 2017
D-CAEric SwalwellOriginalFeb 28, 2017
D-CAGrace F. NapolitanoOriginalFeb 28, 2017
D-CAJerry McNerneyOriginalFeb 28, 2017
D-MIJohn Conyers, Jr.OriginalFeb 28, 2017
D-MNKeith EllisonOriginalFeb 28, 2017
D-NYLouise McIntosh SlaughterOriginalFeb 28, 2017
D-WIMark PocanOriginalFeb 28, 2017
D-PAMatt CartwrightOriginalFeb 28, 2017
D-WAPramila JayapalOriginalFeb 28, 2017
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaOriginalFeb 28, 2017
D-TXSheila Jackson LeeOriginalFeb 28, 2017
D-TNSteve CohenOriginalFeb 28, 2017
D-FLTheodore E. DeutchOriginalFeb 28, 2017
D-CAZoe LofgrenOriginalFeb 28, 2017
D-MDElijah E. CummingsMar 7, 2017
D-MAJames P. McGovernMar 7, 2017
D-RIJames R. LangevinMar 7, 2017
D-KYJohn A. YarmuthMar 7, 2017
D-PAMichael F. DoyleMar 7, 2017
D-WADerek KilmerMar 15, 2017
D-CAJackie SpeierMar 17, 2017
R-TXLouie GohmertMar 21, 2017
D-CAMark TakanoApr 3, 2017
D-FLAl Lawson, Jr.May 2, 2017
D-NJDonald NorcrossMay 3, 2017
D-MDC. A. Dutch RuppersbergerJun 7, 2017
D-CANorma J. TorresJun 7, 2017
D-MASeth MoultonJun 29, 2017
D-PADwight EvansJul 12, 2017
D-INAndré CarsonSep 5, 2017
D-MPGregorio Kilili Camacho SablanSep 5, 2017
D-TXMarc A. VeaseySep 5, 2017
D-TXVicente GonzalezSep 5, 2017
D-CASalud O. CarbajalOct 2, 2017
D-NYThomas R. SuozziOct 10, 2017
D-MDJamie RaskinDec 5, 2017
D-VTPeter WelchDec 5, 2017
D-FLCharlie CristDec 18, 2017
D-OHMarcy KapturJan 9, 2018
D-CAMark DeSaulnierApr 18, 2018
D-MIDebbie DingellJun 14, 2018
D-CARo KhannaJun 29, 2018
R-PABrian K. FitzpatrickSep 6, 2018

Committees 4

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseWays and Means Committee
Referred Feb 28, 2017
Social Security Subcommittee
Referred Mar 8, 2017
HouseVeterans' Affairs Committee
Referred Feb 28, 2017
Health Subcommittee
Referred Mar 27, 2017
HouseOversight and Government Reform Committee
Referred Feb 28, 2017
HouseArmed Services Committee
Referred Feb 28, 2017
Military Personnel Subcommittee
Referred Mar 23, 2017

Actions 5

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Mar 27, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  2. Mar 23, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
  3. Mar 8, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
  4. Feb 28, 2017Introduced in House
  5. Feb 28, 2017Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs, Oversight and Government Reform, and Armed Services, 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.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8, Clause 3

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 35, February 28, 2017, page H1393.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 1553Fair COLA for Seniors ActReintroduced BillMar 29, 2019

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To provide for cost-of-living increases for certain Federal benefits programs based on increases in the Consumer Price Index for the elderly.
Short Titles as Introduced
CPI-E Act of 2017

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Economics and Public Finance.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Feb 28, 2017Introduced in House

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