HR 5065
97th Congress
House
Economics and Public Finance
Armed Forces and National Security
Civil Service pensions
Consumer price indexes
Consumer protection
Cost of living adjustments
Employee benefit plans
Federal employees and officials
Inflation
Labor and Employment
Military pensions
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Railroad employees
Railroads
Social Welfare
Supplemental security income program
A bill to protect retired and disabled persons by preserving the integrity of the Consumer Price Index.
Introduced: November 20, 1981
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 18, 1981
Referred to Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations.
Nov 20, 1981
Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
Nov 20, 1981
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Makes it the continuing duty of the Bureau of Labor Statistics to compile and publish the Consumer Price Index (CPI). Requires that no changes be made in the factors used in the formation of the CPI or any similar index, except as authorized by law, if such changes would reduce the amount of the cost of living increases provided by specified Federal retirement programs.
What's happening now
Referred to Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations.
Committees of jurisdiction
2
Cosponsors
1