Fair COLA for Seniors Act of 2023
Latest action · Dec 17, 2024 Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
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.
- IntroducedFeb 1, 2023
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Fair COLA for Seniors Act of 2023
This bill bases cost-of-living adjustments for certain benefits available through federal and military retirement programs, Social Security, and specified programs for veterans on a price index that tracks the spending patterns of older consumers. The Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor must publish that price index on a monthly basis.
Cosponsors 38
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 1, 2023 to May 21, 2024; 17 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NJ | Andy Kim | Original | Feb 1, 2023 |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Original | Feb 1, 2023 |
| D-PA | Brendan F. Boyle | Original | Feb 1, 2023 |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Original | Feb 1, 2023 |
| D-NC | Deborah K. Ross | Original | Feb 1, 2023 |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Original | Feb 1, 2023 |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Original | Feb 1, 2023 |
| D-MN | Ilhan Omar | Original | Feb 1, 2023 |
| D-CO | Jason Crow | Original | Feb 1, 2023 |
| D-CA | Jimmy Panetta | Original | Feb 1, 2023 |
| D-OH | Joyce Beatty | Original | Feb 1, 2023 |
| D-FL | Lois Frankel | Original | Feb 1, 2023 |
| D-GA | Lucy McBath | Original | Feb 1, 2023 |
| D-PA | Mary Gay Scanlon | Original | Feb 1, 2023 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | Feb 1, 2023 |
| D-MA | Seth Moulton | Original | Feb 1, 2023 |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Original | Feb 1, 2023 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Feb 21, 2023 | |
| D-PA | Madeleine Dean | Feb 21, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Nanette Diaz Barragán | Feb 21, 2023 | |
| D-FL | Jared Moskowitz | Mar 28, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Katie Porter | Apr 10, 2023 | |
| D-IL | Jesús G. "Chuy" García | Apr 25, 2023 | |
| D-MD | David J. Trone | May 9, 2023 | |
| D-NM | Teresa Leger Fernandez | May 9, 2023 | |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Jun 12, 2023 | |
| D-VA | Donald S. Beyer, Jr. | Oct 2, 2023 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Oct 2, 2023 | |
| D-MD | Kweisi Mfume | Oct 2, 2023 | |
| D-PA | Susan Wild | Oct 2, 2023 | |
| D-CO | Joe Neguse | Oct 6, 2023 | |
| D-DE | Lisa Blunt Rochester | Oct 6, 2023 | |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Oct 12, 2023 | |
| D-FL | Frederica S. Wilson | Nov 8, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Nov 8, 2023 | |
| D-TX | Colin Z. Allred | Mar 22, 2024 | |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | May 10, 2024 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | May 21, 2024 |
Committees 4
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 Feb 1, 2023 |
| Social Security Subcommittee | Referred Dec 17, 2024 | |
| House | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred Feb 1, 2023 |
| Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee | Referred Feb 28, 2023 | |
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Feb 1, 2023 |
| House | Armed Services Committee | Referred Feb 1, 2023 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 17, 2024Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
- Feb 28, 2023Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
- Feb 1, 2023Introduced in House
- Feb 1, 2023Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E81)
- Feb 1, 2023Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs, Oversight and Accountability, 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.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E81 | John Garamendi D-CA | Feb 1, 2023 |
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. 169, no. 21, February 1, 2023, page H629.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| IF12675 | A Hypothetical Social Security Cost-of-Living Adjustment Based on the Research Consumer Price Index for the Elderly | Resource | May 27, 2026 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1688 | Social Security Cost of Living Increase Act of 2023 | Related bill | Dec 17, 2024 |
| HR 4315 | Fair COLA for Seniors Act of 2021 | Reintroduction of | Sep 7, 2021 |
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 Title(s) as Introduced
- Fair COLA for Seniors Act of 2023
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Social Welfare.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 1, 2023Introduced 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.
