S. 624 119th Congress Senate

Equal COLA Act

Official title: A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to achieve parity between the cost-of-living adjustment with respect to an annuity under the Federal Employees Ret… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to achieve parity between the cost-of-living adjustment with respect to an annuity under the Federal Employees Retirement System and an annuity under the Civil Service Retirement System, and for other purposes.

Introduced: February 18, 2025 Introduced by: Alex Padilla Democratic · California See on congress.gov

Government Operations and Politics Government employee pay, benefits, personnel managementInflation and prices

Everywhere this bill has been 2 steps

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Passed Senate

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Became law

Feb 18, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1011)

Feb 18, 2025

Introduced in Senate

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What's happening now February 18, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1011)

Related & companion bills 1

Bill text 1 version

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
Senate

Lobbying activity 51

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LETTER CARRIERS
for NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LETTER CARRIERS · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION
for NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
for AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO · District of Columbia · 1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)
AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
for AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO · District of Columbia · 1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)
AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
for AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
for AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)

Bodies those filers lobbied

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
51 filings
SENATE
51 filings
Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
30 filings
Office of Management & Budget (OMB)
22 filings
Energy, Dept of
20 filings
General Services Administration (GSA)
20 filings
Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)
20 filings
Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)
20 filings

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Cosponsors 20