,i  #aadth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #djga  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,november #ah1 #bjae 
,mr4 ,poliquin introduced the following 
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,oversight and ,government
 ,reform1 and in addition to the        
,committees on ,ways and ,means 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 direct the ,administrator
 of ,general ,services to establish a   
program to sell ,federal buildings that 
are not utilized to provide revenue for 
increases in social security benefits   
and military retirement pay1 and for    
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,give our      
,seniors and ,veterans the ,,cola they  
,deserve ,act4  #b4 ,certain building   
sales  7a7 ,establishment of program    
,the ,administrator of ,general         

,services shall establish a program     
under which the ,administrator shall    
sell all ,federal buildings that are not
 utilized by the ,federal ,government4  
7b7 ,identification of buildings  7#a7  
,initial identification ,not later than 
#a year after the date of enactment of  
this ,act1 the ,administrator shall make
 an initial identification of all       
buildings owned and not utilized by the 
,federal ,government4  7#b7 ,regular    
identification ,after the date on which 
the ,administrator makes the initial    
identification under paragraph 7#a71 the
 ,administrator shall identify on a     
continuing basis any building owned and 
not utilized by the ,federal ,government
 that was not included in such initial  
identification4  7c7 ,sale required ,not
 later than #e years after a building is
 identified under subsection 7b71 the   
,administrator1 notwithstanding any     
other provision of law and to the extent
 practicable1 shall complete a sale of--
  7#a7 such building2 and  7#b7 the land

 relevant to such building4  7d7        
,limitation ,the ,administrator shall   
not sell a building identified under    
subsection 7b7 if the building1 or the  
land relevant to such building1 has been
 set aside for preservation or historic 
purposes4  7e7 ,revenues from sale      
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
law1 the revenue from a sale under      
subsection 7c71 after payment of any    
costs related to the sale1 shall be made
 available only for the following3  7#a7
 ,to increase benefits under title ,,ii 
of the ,social ,security ,act1 effective
 with the month of ,december #bjae1 by  
applying section #bae7;i7 of such ,act  
as if the applicable increase percentage
 7as defined in such section7 with      
respect to the base quarter 7as so      
defined7 in #bjae is #a4e percent4  7#b7
 ,effective ,december #a1 #bjae1 to make
 the cost-of-living adjustment to the   
retired pay of members and former       
members of the ,armed ,forces pursuant  
to section #adja;a of title #aj1 ,united

 ,states ,code1 as if the applicable    
percentage of the increase calculated   
under subsection 7b77#b7 of such section
 is #a4e percent4