US Congress House Bill 649 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 29)
Status: Introduced on February 13 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-04-23 - 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]

Protecting and Preserving Social Security Act - Directs the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) of the Department of Labor to prepare and publish for each calendar month a Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers (CPI-EC) that indicates changes over time in consumption expenditures 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 make the CPI-EC the applicable Consumer Price Index (CPI) for computation of cost-of-living increases in OASDI benefits for such individuals. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to prescribe special rules for the determination of wages and self-employment income above the contribution and benefit base after 2013. Amends SSA title II to include surplus average indexed monthly earnings (AIME) in the determination of primary OASDI amounts.

Protecting and Preserving Social Security Act

Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]	Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]	Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]	Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]
Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]	Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]	Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. Sam Farr [D-CA]
Rep. Alan Grayson [D-FL]	Rep. Gene Green [D-TX]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Janice Hahn [D-CA]
Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Rush Holt [D-NJ]	Rep. Michael Honda [D-CA]	Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]
Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]	Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]
Rep. Jim McDermott [D-WA]	Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]
Rep. John Sarbanes [D-MD]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D-NH]	Rep. Juan Vargas [D-CA]
Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-04-23	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
2013-02-19	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
2013-02-13	House	Referred to House Education and the Workforce
2013-02-13	House	Referred to House Ways and Means
2013-02-13	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.

SB308 (Same As) 2013-02-13 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
SB567 (Related) 2013-03-14 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
SB2382 (Related) 2014-05-22 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/649/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr649/BILLS-113hr649ih.pdf