HOUSE 1553116th CongressReferred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.

Fair COLA for Seniors Act

Last Action: 3/29/2019

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2019-03-29Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
2019-03-07Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
2019-03-06Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
2019-03-06Referred 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.
2019-03-06Referred 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.
2019-03-06Referred 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.
2019-03-06Referred 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.
2019-03-06Introduced in House
2019-03-06Introduced in House

CRS Summary

As of 2019-03-06 (00)

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.

Cosponsors (20)

David Cicilline (D-RI)
Ro Khanna (D-CA)
Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL)
MIKE DOYLE (D-PA)
Jackie Speier (D-CA)
Seth Moulton (D-MA)
André Carson (D-IN)
John Yarmuth (D-KY)
Mark Pocan (D-WI)
Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA)
Chellie Pingree (D-ME)
MARCY KAPTUR (D-OH)
Theodore Deutch (D-FL)
BETTY MCCOLLUM (D-MN)
Gregorio Sablan (D-MP)
Jerry McNerney (D-CA)
Susan Wild (D-PA)
ELEANOR NORTON (D-DC)
Steve Cohen (D-TN)
Brendan Boyle (D-PA)

Subjects

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

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