COLA Equity Act
Official title: To eliminate the disparity between the periods of delay provided for civilian and military retiree cost-of-living-adjustments in the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993.
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
COLA Equity Act - Amends the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 to: (1) provide that the initial month for which a cost of living increase in military retired pay that becomes effective on December 1 of 1993, 1994, or 1995 is payable shall be March (currently, September) of the following year for persons who first became a member of a uniformed service before August 1, 1986; and (2) provide that such special rule shall apply only through FY 1996 (currently, FY 1998).
- Introduced in House Formatted Text PDF
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 38: COLA Equity Act. 104th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-38/
"H.R. 38: COLA Equity Act." 104th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-38/.
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