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HR 2266 117th Congress House

COLA Act of 2021

Official title: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide for a minimum annual cost-of-living increase for Social Security benefits, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 26, 2021 Introduced by: Walberg, Tim Republican · Michigan See on congress.gov
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Mar 26, 2021
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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.
Mar 26, 2021
Introduced in House
Mar 26, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
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 Latest action March 26, 2021

Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Certainty for Older Living Americans Act of 2021 or the COLA Act of 2021

This bill sets out an alternative method to calculate cost-of-living adjustments for Social Security benefits.

The current method is based on the annual change in the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, which results in no or small increases to benefits following a year with deflation or low inflation. The alternative method established by this bill is based on a 10-year average of cost-of-living adjustments. The Social Security Administration must use whichever method results in the larger increase for a given year.

In addition, the Department of Labor and the Department of Commerce must establish a working group to make recommendations on incorporating specified economic data when producing relevant consumer price indexes.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2266: COLA Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-2266/
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