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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

Introduced: February 28, 2017 Introduced by: Garamendi, John Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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 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 Congressional Research Service

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 March 27, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Bill text 1 version

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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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"H.R. 1251: CPI-E Act of 2017." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1251/.
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H.R. 1251, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1251/.
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