,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dbjb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #aa1 #bjad    
,mr4 ,honda introduced the following    
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs1 and  
in addition to the ,committees on       
,oversight and ,government ,reform and  
,armed ,services1 for a period to be    
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to provide for              
cost-of-living increases for certain    
,federal benefits programs based on     
increases in the ,consumer ,price ,index
 for the elderly4  #a4 ,short title     
,this ,act may be cited as the ,,cpi-,e 
,act of #bjad4  #b4 ,cost-of-living     
increases for certain ,federal benefits 
programs based on increases in the      
,consumer ,price ,index for the elderly 
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
law1 whenever there is an increase in   

the ,consumer ,price ,index for the     
elderly1 published by the ,bureau of    
,labor ,statistics1 the dollar amounts  
in effect for the payment of the        
following benefits1 as such amounts were
 in effect immediately before the       
increase in the ,consumer ,price ,index 
for the elderly1 shall be increased by  
the same percentage as such price index 
was increased3  7#a7 ,an annuity under  
the ,civil ,service ,retirement ,system 
or the ,federal ,employees ,retirement  
,system4  7#b7 ,department of ,veterans 
,affairs wartime disability compensation
 under section #aaad of title #ch1      
,united ,states ,code4  7#c7 ,department
 of ,veterans ,affairs additional       
compensation for dependents under       
section #aaae7a7 of such title4  7#d7   
,the ,department of ,veterans ,affairs  
clothing allowance under section #aafb  
of such title4  7#e7 ,department of     
,veterans ,affairs dependency and       
indemnity compensation to surviving     
spouse under subsections 7a7 through 7d7

 of section #acaa of such title4  7#f7  
,department of ,veterans ,affairs       
dependency and indemnity compensation to
 children under sections #acac7;a7 and  
#acad of such title4  7#g7 ,military    
retirement and survivor benefit         
programs1 as defined in section         
#adfa7;b7 of title #aj1 ,united ,states 
,code4