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Cost of Living Fairness Act of 2006

Introduced: September 29, 2006 See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps

Introduced

In committee

Reported out

Passed House

Passed Senate

To President

Became law

Nov 2, 2006

Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.

Oct 18, 2006

Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.

Oct 16, 2006

Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.

Sep 29, 2006

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.

Sep 29, 2006

Introduced in House

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Cost of Living Fairness Act of 2006 - Requires the Commissioner of Labor Statistics to develop and report to Congress and the Comptroller General on a methodology for determining the cost of living in each state which accounts for the costs of housing, goods, and services.

Requires the Comptroller General to study and report to Congress on how federal benefits provided to beneficiaries in each state under certain programs would be distributed if: (1) the cost of living in each state, as determined under the methodology, were a factor in the determination of such benefits; and (2) the methodology were applied so that federal benefits vary only to the extent that such determination would result in an increase of benefits to beneficiaries in a state. Specifies such benefit programs as all those providing vouchers, coupons, cash grants, or cash reimbursements based on the beneficiary's income.

What's happening now November 2, 2006

Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.

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