,,iv  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,,con4 ,,res4 #cd  ,,in ,,the       
,,house ,,of ,,representatives  ,april  
#ah1 #bjac ,mr4 ,cicilline 7for himself1
 ,mr4 ,barber1 ,mrs4 ,beatty1 ,ms4      
,bonamici1 ,mr4 ,brady of ,pennsylvania1
 ,mr4 ,braley of ,iowa1 ,ms4 ,brown of  
,florida1 ,mrs4 ,bustos1 ,mr4 ,crdenas1 
,mr4 ,cartwright1 ,mrs4 ,christensen1   
,ms4 ,chu1 ,mr4 ,clay1 ,mr4 ,conyers1   
,mr4 ,cummings1 ,mr4 ,danny ,k4 ,davis  
of ,illinois1 ,mr4 ,de,fazio1 ,mr4      
,deutch1 ,ms4 ,edwards1 ,mr4 ,ellison1  
,mr4 ,enyart1 ,ms4 ,frankel of ,florida1
 ,ms4 ,fudge1 ,mr4 ,garamendi1 ,mr4     
,grayson1 ,mr4 ,gene ,green of ,texas1  
,mr4 ,grijalva1 ,mr4 ,gutierrez1 ,ms4   
,hahn1 ,ms4 ,hanabusa1 ,mr4 ,hastings of
 ,florida1 ,mr4 ,higgins1 ,mr4 ,holt1   
,mr4 ,honda1 ,mr4 ,huffman1 ,ms4        
,jackson ,lee1 ,ms4 ,eddie ,bernice     
,johnson of ,texas1 ,mr4 ,johnson of    
,georgia1 ,ms4 ,kaptur1 ,mr4 ,kildee1   
,mrs4 ,kirkpatrick1 ,mr4 ,langevin1 ,ms4
 ,lee of ,california1 ,mr4 ,lewis1 ,mr4 

,loebsack1 ,mr4 ,lowenthal1 ,mr4 ,lynch1
 ,mr4 ,maffei1 ,mr4 ,markey1 ,ms4       
,matsui1 ,mr4 ,mc,dermott1 ,mr4         
,mc,govern1 ,mr4 ,michaud1 ,ms4 ,moore1 
,mr4 ,nadler1 ,mrs4 ,napolitano1 ,mr4   
,nolan1 ,ms4 ,norton1 ,mr4 ,payne1 ,mr4 
,peters of ,michigan1 ,ms4 ,pingree of  
,maine1 ,mr4 ,pocan1 ,ms4               
,roybal-,allard1 ,mr4 ,ruiz1 ,mr4 ,rush1
 ,mr4 ,ryan of ,ohio1 ,ms4 ,schakowsky1 
,mr4 ,serrano1 ,ms4 ,shea-,porter1 ,mr4 
,sires1 ,ms4 ,speier1 ,mr4 ,takano1 ,mr4
 ,thompson of ,mississippi1 ,mr4 ,tonko1
 ,mr4 ,vargas1 ,mr4 ,veasey1 ,mr4 ,vela1
 ,ms4 ,velzquez1 ,ms4 ,waters1 ,mr4     
,welch1 ,ms4 ,wilson of ,florida1 and   
,mr4 ,scott of ,virginia7 submitted the 
following concurrent resolution2 which  
was referred to the ,committee on ,ways 
and ,means  ,,concurrent ,,resolution   
,expressing the sense of the ,congress  
that the ,chained ,consumer ,price      
,index should not be used to calculate  
cost-of-living adjustments for ,social  
,security benefits4  ,whereas the       

,social ,security program was           
established more than #gg years ago and 
has provided economic security to       
generations of ,americans through       
benefits earned based on contributions  
made over a worker's lifetime2 ,whereas 
the ,social ,security program continues 
to provide modest benefits--averaging   
approximately #ad1jjj per year--to more 
than #ec1jjj1jjj individuals1 including 
#cg1jjj1jjj retired workers in ,february
 #bjac2 ,whereas the ,social ,security  
program has no borrowing authority1 has 
accumulated assets of                   
#b1gjj1jjj1jjj1jjj1 and1 therefore1 does
 not contribute to the ,federal budget  
deficit2 ,whereas the ,board of         
,trustees of the ,federal ,old-,age and 
,survivors ,insurance ,trust ,fund      
projects that such ,trust ,fund can pay 
full benefits through #bjcb2 ,whereas   
the ,social ,security program is        
designed to ensure that benefits keep   
pace with inflation through             
cost-of-living adjustments 7,c,o,l,as7  

that are based upon the measured changes
 in prices of goods and services        
purchased by consumers1 currently the   
,consumer ,price ,index for ,urban ,wage
 ,earners and ,clerical ,workers        
7,,cpi-,w7 published by the ,bureau of  
,labor ,statistics2 ,whereas the ,bureau
 of ,labor ,statistics publishes a      
supplemental measure of inflation1 the  
,chained ,consumer ,price ,index for all
 ,urban ,consumers 7,c-,,cpi-,u71 or    
,chained ,,cpi1 which adjusts for       
projected changes in consumer behavior  
resulting from price fluctuations known 
as the substitution effect1 which occurs
 when consumers buy more goods and      
services whose prices are rising slower 
than average and less of those rising   
faster than average2 ,whereas studies   
indicate typical ,social ,security      
beneficiaries spend significantly       
greater shares of their budget than     
consumers generally on health care1     
prices for which have increased at      
higher than average rates1 and health   

care may not be easily substituted for  
by consumers such as seniors2 ,whereas  
the ,congressional ,budget ,office has  
estimated that using the ,chained ,,cpi 
to calculate ,social ,security ,c,o,l,as
 would reduce ,social ,security benefits
 by #j4be percent per year as compared  
to current policy1 resulting in a       
reduction in outlays of #aab1jjj1jjj1jjj
 over the first decade2 ,whereas        
reductions in ,social ,security benefits
 from using the ,chained ,,cpi to       
calculate ,social ,security ,c,o,l,as   
would continue to compound over time1   
and the ,,aarp ,public ,policy          
,institute estimates that such          
reductions would grow to #c percent     
after #aj years and #h4e percent after  
#cj years2 ,whereas ,social ,security   
,works estimates that using the ,chained
 ,,cpi to calculate ,social ,security   
,c,o,l,as would reduce annual ,social   
,security benefits of the average       
earner--who is making #dc1eah--;by #feh 
at age #ge1 #a1adg at age #he1 and      

#a1fbb at age #ie2 and ,whereas         
reductions in ,social ,security benefits
 would harm some of our most vulnerable 
populations3 ,now1 therefore1 be it     
,that it is the sense of the ,congress  
that the ,chained ,consumer ,price      
,index should not be used to calculate  
cost of living adjustments for ,social  
,security benefits4