Fair COLA for Seniors Act

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Bill Number

HR 1553

Introduced

Mar 6, 2019

Latest Action

Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.

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Topics

Aging Disability assistance Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Inflation and prices Military personnel and dependents Social security and elderly assistance Social Welfare Veterans' pensions and compensation

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Summary

Fair COLA for Seniors Act

This bill bases cost-of-living adjustments on a price index that tracks the spending patterns of older consumers for specified benefits under the Civil Service Retirement System, the Federal Employees Retirement System, military retirement and survivor benefit programs, the Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance benefits program, and other specified veterans benefits programs.

Actions

Mar 29, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Mar 7, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Mar 6, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
Mar 6, 2019

Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs, Oversight and 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.
Mar 6, 2019

Introduced in House

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