Seniors' Security Act of 2017
Latest action · Nov 16, 2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
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.
- IntroducedOct 16, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Seniors' Security Act of 2017
This bill requires the use of a Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers (CPI-E) to calculate certain cost-of-living adjustments with respect to the Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance benefits program and certain other federal retirement benefits. The Department of Labor must prepare and publish the CPI-E for each calendar month.
The bill also limits certain increases in Medicare premiums.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 5
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 Oct 16, 2017 |
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Oct 16, 2017 |
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Oct 16, 2017 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Oct 20, 2017 | |
| House | Armed Services Committee | Referred Oct 16, 2017 |
| Military Personnel Subcommittee | Referred Nov 16, 2017 | |
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Oct 16, 2017 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 16, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
- Oct 20, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Oct 16, 2017Introduced in House
- Oct 16, 2017Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Energy and Commerce, Armed Services, and Oversight and Government Reform, 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
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 166, October 16, 2017, page H8037.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 5367 | Seniors' Security Act of 2016 | Reintroduction of | Sep 19, 2016 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide for cost-of-living adjustments indexed to the Consumer Price Index for the Elderly, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Seniors' Security Act of 2017
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Social Welfare.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 16, 2017Introduced 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.
