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HR 2035 107th 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: July 30, 2001 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
Aug 10, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
Jun 8, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
Jun 7, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
Jun 7, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 25, 2001
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and 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.
May 25, 2001
Introduced in House
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 Latest action August 10, 2001

Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.

 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 or older.

Amends titles II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) and XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act 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 13
All 13 Democratic 7
DEUTSCH, PETER
· Oct 31, 2002
HOEFFEL, JOSEPH
· Jul 25, 2002
CARSON, BRAD
· Jun 17, 2002
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Jan 29, 2002
LUCAS, KEN
· Nov 27, 2001
 D
Pelosi, Nancy
California · Sep 5, 2001
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Aug 2, 2001
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Jul 30, 2001
 D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Jun 27, 2001
FROST, MARTIN
· Jun 27, 2001
MCCARTHY, KAREN
· Jun 27, 2001
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jun 27, 2001
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Jun 27, 2001
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2035: Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers Act. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-2035/
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