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HR 5342 114th Congress House

Fair COLA for Seniors Act of 2016

Official title: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide a midyear cost-of-living increase to account for the lack of an automatic increase for 2016, to apply t… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide a midyear cost-of-living increase to account for the lack of an automatic increase for 2016, to apply the Consumer Price Index for the Elderly (CPI-E) to future Social Security COLAs, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 26, 2016 See on congress.gov
Social Welfare Inflation and pricesSocial security and elderly assistance
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Passed House
Passed Senate
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Became law
Sep 19, 2016
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
Sep 19, 2016
Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
Jun 2, 2016
Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
May 26, 2016
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.
May 26, 2016
Introduced in House
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 Latest action September 19, 2016

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

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Fair COLA for Seniors Act of 2016

This bill directs the Social Security Administration to make a one-time cost-of-living increase of 3.9%, effective with the month of June 2016, to benefits under title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act.

Such increase shall not be considered a general annual benefit cost-of-living increase in calendar years 2016-2017.

"Consumer Price Index" shall mean Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers (CPI-E).

The Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor shall prepare and publish the CPI-E authorized by the Older Americans Amendments Act of 1987 for each calendar month beginning with July of the calendar year following the calendar year in which this bill is enacted.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 6489 Related bill Social Security Reform Act of 2016
 Bill text 1 version

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5342: Fair COLA for Seniors Act of 2016. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-5342/
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