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HR 4633 99th Congress House Social Welfare Consumer price indexes Cost of living adjustments Economics and Public Finance Inflation Old age, survivors and disability insurance

A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate the 3-percent trigger for cost-of-living increases in social security benefits.

Introduced: April 17, 1986 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed Senate
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Became law
Apr 22, 1986
Referred to Subcommittee on Social Security.
Apr 17, 1986
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Apr 17, 1986
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to eliminate the requirement that there be at least a three-percent rise in the Consumer Price Index before a cost-of-living adjustment of benefits is made.

What's happening now April 22, 1986

Referred to Subcommittee on Social Security.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 3
D
Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Jul 31, 1986
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Jul 23, 1986
 D
Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Jul 17, 1986
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4633: A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate the 3-percent trigger for cost-of-living increases in social security benefits.. 99th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HR-4633/
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"H.R. 4633: A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate the 3-percent trigger for cost-of-living increases in social security benefits.." 99th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HR-4633/.
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H.R. 4633, 99th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HR-4633/.
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