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HR 1422 106th Congress House

Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers Act

Official title: To require the establishment of a Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security and Medicare benefits unde… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To require the establishment of a Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security and Medicare benefits under titles II and XVIII of the Social Security Act.

Introduced: June 24, 1999 Introduced by: Sanders, Bernard Independent · Vermont See on congress.gov
Social Welfare CommerceConsumer price indexesCost of living adjustmentsEconomics and Public Finance
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 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 5, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Apr 30, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
Apr 22, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
Apr 22, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Apr 14, 1999
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.
Apr 14, 1999
Introduced in House
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 Latest action May 5, 1999

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers Act - Directs the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor to prepare and publish a monthly Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers (CPI) that indicates changes over time in expenditures for consumption which are typical for individuals aged 62 years of age or older. Authorizes appropriations.

Amends titles II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) and XVIII (Medicare) to provide for the use of such new CPI in the computation of cost-of-living increases for social security and Medicare benefits under such programs.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 7
 Cosponsors 16
All 16 Democratic 10
DEUTSCH, PETER
· Nov 18, 1999
SANDLIN, MAX
· Oct 5, 1999
LAMPSON, NICK
· Sep 9, 1999
LUCAS, KEN
· Sep 9, 1999
 D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Jun 24, 1999
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Jun 24, 1999
FROST, MARTIN
· Jun 24, 1999
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Jun 24, 1999
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Jun 24, 1999
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Jun 24, 1999
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Jun 24, 1999
CHRISTENSEN, DONNA
· Apr 14, 1999
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Apr 14, 1999
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Apr 14, 1999
 D
Pelosi, Nancy
California · Apr 14, 1999
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Apr 14, 1999
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1422: Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers Act. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-1422/
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