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HR 798 112th Congress House Economics and Public Finance Aging Consumer affairs Inflation and prices Medicare Social security and elderly assistance

Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers Act of 2011

Introduced: February 18, 2011 See on congress.gov
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Passed Senate
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Became law
Feb 28, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 23, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
Feb 23, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 18, 2011
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.
Feb 18, 2011
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers Act of 2011 - Directs the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor to prepare and publish a monthly Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers (CPIEC) that indicates changes over time in expenditures for consumption which are typical for individuals age 62 or older.

Amends titles II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) and XVIII (Medicare) to use such new CPIEC in the computation of cost-of-living increases for Social Security and Medicare benefits, replacing the CPI for All Urban Consumers (U.S. city average).

What's happening now February 28, 2011

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 456 Related bill Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers Act of 2011
  • S 1876 Related bill Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers Act
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 6
 Cosponsors 13
All 13 Democratic 8
GREEN, GENE
· Nov 1, 2011
 D
Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · Oct 27, 2011
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jul 12, 2011
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Jul 6, 2011
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · May 10, 2011
PLATTS, TODD
· Mar 29, 2011
COSTELLO, JERRY
· Mar 8, 2011
 D
Hirono, Mazie K.
Hawaii · Mar 1, 2011
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Feb 18, 2011
 D
Murphy, Christopher
Connecticut · Feb 18, 2011
OLVER, JOHN
· Feb 18, 2011
Rooney, Thomas
· Feb 18, 2011
 D
Wasserman Schultz, Debbie
Florida · Feb 18, 2011
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 798: Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers Act of 2011. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-798/
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