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HR 4084 105th Congress House Social Welfare Commerce Consumer price indexes Cost of living adjustments Economics and Public Finance Health Medicare Old age, survivors and disability insurance

Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers Act of 1998

Introduced: June 18, 1998 Introduced by: Sanders, Bernard Independent · Vermont See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 9 steps
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In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 10, 1998
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
Jul 8, 1998
Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
Jun 23, 1998
Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
Jun 23, 1998
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jun 18, 1998
Referred to House Education and the Workforce
Jun 18, 1998
Referred to House Commerce
Jun 18, 1998
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Commerce, and 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.
Jun 18, 1998
Referred to House Ways and Means
Jun 18, 1998
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers Act of 1998 - Directs the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor to establish a monthly Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers (age 62 and over) for use in computing cost-of-living increases for benefits provided under titles II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) and XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act.

What's happening now July 10, 1998

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 7
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
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Pelosi, Nancy
California · Jul 20, 1998
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Jun 18, 1998
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4084: Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers Act of 1998. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-4084/
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"H.R. 4084: Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers Act of 1998." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-4084/.
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