US HB1371 | 2009-2010 | 111th Congress

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on March 5 2009 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2009-04-29 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

COLA Fairness Act of 2009 - Requires the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor to establish: (1) a mapping of the United States comprising 14 specified regions; and (2) particular monthly consumer price indices for such regions for computation of cost-of-living increases for Social Security and Medicare (title XVIII of the Social Security Act) benefits.

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Title

COLA Fairness Act of 2009

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History

DateChamberAction
2009-04-29 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
2009-03-06 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2009-03-05 Referred to House Education and Labor
2009-03-05 Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2009-03-05 Referred to House Ways and Means
2009-03-05 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Education and Labor, 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.

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