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HR 3961 114th Congress House

Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers Act of 2015

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: November 5, 2015 See on congress.gov
Economics and Public Finance AgingConsumer affairsInflation and pricesMedicareSocial security and elderly assistance
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Passed House
Passed Senate
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Became law
Mar 23, 2016
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
Nov 6, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Nov 5, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Nov 5, 2015
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.
Nov 5, 2015
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 23, 2016

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

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers Act of 2015

This bill amends titles II (Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) and XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security and Medicare benefits using a new index in place of the current Consumer Price Index (CPI) for All Urban Consumers. The Bureau of Labor Statistics must prepare and publish, for this purpose, a monthly CPI for Elderly Consumers that reflects changes over time to expenditures typical for individuals aged 62 and older.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 4551 Related bill Keeping our Promise to Seniors Act
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 6
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Lofgren, Zoe
California · Dec 11, 2015
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3961: Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers Act of 2015. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-3961/
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"H.R. 3961: Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers Act of 2015." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-3961/.
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H.R. 3961, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-3961/.
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