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HR 5437 106th Congress House

Cost of Living Measurement and Index Act of 2000

Official title: To require a study by the Bureau of Labor Statistics to develop a methodology for measuring the cost of living in each State, and to require a study by the Gen… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To require a study by the Bureau of Labor Statistics to develop a methodology for measuring the cost of living in each State, and to require a study by the General Accounting Office to determine how Federal benefits would be increased in each State if the determination of such benefits were based on such methodology.

Introduced: October 10, 2000 See on congress.gov
Economics and Public Finance CommerceCongressCongressional investigationsCongressional reporting requirements
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Consumer price indexesCost of livingCost of living adjustmentsEarned income tax creditEducationElementary and secondary educationFederal aid to educationFederal aid to housingGovernment Operations and PoliticsGovernment paperworkGovernment statisticsGovernmental investigationsHousing and Community DevelopmentHousing subsidiesIncome tax
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It never became law before the 106th Congress (1999–2000) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 28, 2000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
Oct 10, 2000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.
Oct 10, 2000
Introduced in House
Oct 10, 2000
Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Banking and Financial 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.
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 Latest action October 28, 2000

Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Cost of Living Measurement and Index Act of 2000 - Direct the Commissioner of Labor Statistics to conduct a study to develop a methodology for determining the cost of living in each State, that accounts for the costs of housing, goods, and services, to improve Government management and the economy and management of Government operations and activities that rely on accurate economic information.

Requires the Comptroller General to conduct a study in which the methodology is applied to determine how Federal benefits provided to beneficiaries in each State would be increased if: (1) such benefits were determined based on each State's cost of living under such methodology; and (2) the methodology were applied subject to a hold harmless provision under which benefits would only be increased for high cost of living States.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 5
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Democratic 7
D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Oct 10, 2000
 D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Oct 10, 2000
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Oct 10, 2000
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Oct 10, 2000
 D
Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · Oct 10, 2000
 D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Oct 10, 2000
 D
Pelosi, Nancy
California · Oct 10, 2000
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5437: Cost of Living Measurement and Index Act of 2000. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-5437/
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