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HR 3640 108th Congress House

Cost of Living Measurement and Index Act of 2003

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

Official title: To require the Commissioner of Labor Statistics to develop a methodology for measuring the cost of living in each State, and to require the Comptroller General to determine how certain Federal benefits would be increased if the determination of those benefits were based on that methodology.

Introduced: November 21, 2003 See on congress.gov
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It never became law before the 108th Congress (2003–2004) 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 6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 30, 2004
Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
Dec 3, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
Dec 2, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.
Dec 1, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
Nov 21, 2003
Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Financial Services, and Agriculture, 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.
Nov 21, 2003
Introduced in House
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 Latest action January 30, 2004

Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Cost of Living Measurement and Index Act of 2003 - Directs the Commissioner of Labor Statistics to develop a methodology for measuring the cost of living in each State.

Directs the Comptroller General to conduct a study to determine how certain Federal benefits would be increased if such cost-of-living methodology were applied. Requires such study to include determination of increases in benefits under: (1) the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965; (2) earned income tax credit provisions of the Internal Revenue Code; (3) all Federal housing assistance programs; (4) the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families program; (5) the food stamp program; and (6) all other Federal nutrition assistance programs, to the extent they provide vouchers, coupons, cash grants, or cash reimbursements.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 8
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Nov 21, 2003
 D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Nov 21, 2003
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3640: Cost of Living Measurement and Index Act of 2003. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-3640/
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"H.R. 3640: Cost of Living Measurement and Index Act of 2003." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-3640/.
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