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HR 3588 114th Congress House Social Welfare Aging Inflation and prices Social security and elderly assistance

Guaranteed 3 Percent COLA for Seniors Act of 2015

Introduced: September 22, 2015 See on congress.gov
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Mar 23, 2016
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
Sep 29, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
Sep 22, 2015
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on 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.
Sep 22, 2015
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Guaranteed 3 Percent COLA for Seniors Act of 2015

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

Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to: (1) require the use of such index to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security benefits; and (2) provide, in the case of individuals who have attained age 62, for an annual cost-of-living increase of at least 3%.

What's happening now March 23, 2016

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 4
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Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Nov 14, 2016
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Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Sep 12, 2016
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Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Nov 2, 2015
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Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Oct 22, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3588: Guaranteed 3 Percent COLA for Seniors Act of 2015. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-3588/
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