HR 1251
115th Congress
House
Economics and Public Finance
Aging
Disability assistance
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Inflation and prices
Military personnel and dependents
Social security and elderly assistance
Veterans' pensions and compensation
CPI-E Act of 2017
Everywhere this bill has been
5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 27, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 23, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Mar 8, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
Feb 28, 2017
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs, Oversight and Government Reform, and Armed Services, 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 28, 2017
Introduced in House
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Plain-English summary
CPI-E Act of 2017
This bill bases cost-of -living increases in benefits under the Civil Service Retirement System, the Federal Employees Retirement System, military retirement and survivor benefit programs, the Social Security old-age, survivors, or disability insurance benefit program, and other specified veterans benefits programs on increases in the Consumer Price Index for the elderly.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Bill text
1 version
- Introduced in House Formatted Text PDF Formatted XML
Cosponsors
27
R
Fitzpatrick, Brian K.
D
Khanna, Ro
D
Dingell, Debbie
D
DeSaulnier, Mark
D
Kaptur, Marcy
D
Raskin, Jamie
D
Welch, Peter
D
Suozzi, Thomas R.
D
Carbajal, Salud O.
D
Carson, André
D
Gonzalez, Vicente
D
Veasey, Marc A.
D
Evans, Dwight
D
Moulton, Seth
D
Torres, Norma J.
D
Norcross, Donald
D
Takano, Mark
D
McGovern, James P.
D
Cohen, Steve
D
Jayapal, Pramila
D
Lofgren, Zoe
D
McCollum, Betty
D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
D
Pingree, Chellie
D
Pocan, Mark
D
Wasserman Schultz, Debbie
D
Watson Coleman, Bonnie
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1251: CPI-E Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1251/
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