US Congress House Bill 1585 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on April 16 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-07-08 - 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]

Guaranteed 3% COLA for Seniors Act of 2013 - Directs the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) of the Department of Labor to prepare and publish a monthly Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers that indicates changes over time in expenditures for consumption which are typical for individuals in the United States age 62 or older. Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to: (1) require the use of such index to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security benefits; and (2) provide, in the case of individuals who have attained age 62, for an annual cost-of-living increase of at least 3%.

Guaranteed 3% COLA for Seniors Act of 2013

Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]

Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-07-08	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
2013-06-03	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
2013-04-16	House	Referred to House Education and the Workforce
2013-04-16	House	Referred to House Ways and Means
2013-04-16	House	Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/1585/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr1585/BILLS-113hr1585ih.pdf