US Congress House Bill 3588 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: Introduced on September 22 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-03-23 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Guaranteed 3 Percent COLA for Seniors Act of 2015 Directs the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor to prepare and publish a monthly Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers that indicates changes over time in expenditures for consumption which are typical for individuals in the United States age 62 or older. Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to: (1) require the use of such index to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security benefits; and (2) provide, in the case of individuals who have attained age 62, for an annual cost-of-living increase of at least 3%.

Guaranteed 3 Percent COLA for Seniors Act of 2015

Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]	Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Alan Grayson [D-FL]
Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]	Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-03-23	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
2015-09-29	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
2015-09-22	House	Referred to House Education and the Workforce
2015-09-22	House	Referred to House Ways and Means
2015-09-22	House	Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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.
2015-09-22	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/3588/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr3588/BILLS-114hr3588ih.pdf