US HB4071 | 2015-2016 | 114th Congress

Status

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: Introduced on November 18 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-11-30 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Military Personnel Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Give our Seniors and Veterans the COLA they Deserve Act This bill directs the General Services Administration (GSA) to sell buildings owned by the federal government that are not utilized. GSA must identify all such buildings and sell them not later than five years after they have been identified. The bill exempts buildings that have been set aside for preservation or historic purposes. The bill requires the net revenues from the sale of such buildings to be made available to increase the cost-of-living adjustments to: (1) social security retirement benefits, and (2) retirement benefits for members and former members of the Armed Forces.

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Title

Give our Seniors and Veterans the COLA they Deserve Act

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History

DateChamberAction
2015-11-30HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
2015-11-18HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
2015-11-18HouseReferred to House Armed Services
2015-11-18HouseReferred to House Ways and Means
2015-11-18HouseReferred to House Oversight and Government Reform
2015-11-18HouseReferred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, 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.
2015-11-18HouseIntroduced in House

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