,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bhif  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #ac1 #bjag,mr4 
,nolan introduced the following bill2   
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,ways and ,means1 and in addition to the
 ,committee on ,education and the       
,workforce1 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 amend title ,,ii of the  
,social ,security ,act to provide a     
midyear cost-of-living increase to      
account for an insufficient increase for
 #bjag1 to apply the ,consumer ,price   
,index for the ,elderly 7,,cpi-,e7 to   
future ,social ,security ,c,o,l,as1 and 
for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the ,fair    
,,cola for ,seniors ,act of #bjag4  #b4 
,one-time cost-of-living 7,,cola7       
increase for calendar year #bjag  7a7   
#c4i ,,cola provided ,to match recent   

growth in ,,ceo pay ,effective with the 
month of ,july #bjag1 the ,commissioner 
of ,social ,security shall increase each
 of the amounts described in subclauses 
7,i7 through 7,,iii7 of section         
#bae7;i77#b77;,a77ii7 of the ,social    
,security ,act by #c4i percent4  7b7 ,no
 effect on annual cost-of-,living       
increases ,for purposes of applying     
subparagraphs 7,a7 and 7,b7 of section  
#bae7;i77#a7 of the ,social ,security   
,act in calendar years #bjag and #bjah1 
the increase under subsection 7a7 shall 
not be considered a general benefit     
increase under title ,,ii of the ,social
 ,security ,act4  #c4 ,consumer ,price  
,index for ,elderly ,consumers  7a7 ,in 
general ,section #bae7;i77#a7 of the    
,social ,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4   
#dae7;i77#a77 is amended by adding at   
the end the following new subparagraph3 
7,h7 the term ,consumer ,price ,index   
means the ,consumer ,price ,index for   
,elderly ,consumers 7,,cpi-,e1 as       
published by the ,bureau of ,labor      

,statistics of the ,department of       
,labor74  4  7b7 ,application to        
pre-#aigi law  7#a7 ,in general ,section
 #bae7;i77#a7 of the ,social ,security  
,act as in effect in ,december #aigh1   
and as applied in certain cases under   
the provisions of such ,act as in effect
 after ,december #aigh1 is amended by   
adding at the end the following new     
subparagraph3  7,d7 the term ,consumer  
,price ,index means the ,consumer ,price
 ,index for ,elderly ,consumers         
7,,cpi-,e1 as published by the ,bureau  
of ,labor ,statistics of the ,department
 of ,labor74  4  7#b7 ,conforming       
amendment ,section #bae7;i77#d7 of the  
,social ,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4   
#dae7;i77#d771 as amended by section    
#b7;a77#c7 of this ,act1 is further     
amended by striking section #b and      
inserting sections #b and #c4  7c7 ,no  
effect on adjustments under other laws  
,section #bae7;i7 of the ,social        
,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #dae7;i77 
is amended by adding at the end the     

following3  7#f7 ,any provision of law  
7other than in this title1 title ,,viii1
 or title ,,xvi7 which provides for     
adjustment of an amount based on a      
change in benefit amounts resulting from
 a determination made under this        
subsection shall be applied and         
administered without regard to the      
amendments made by section #c of the    
,fair ,,cola for ,seniors ,act of #bjag4
  4  7d7 ,publication of ,consumer      
,price ,index for ,elderly ,consumers   
,the ,bureau of ,labor ,statistics of   
the ,department of ,labor shall prepare 
and publish the index authorized by     
section #aia of the ,older ,americans   
,amendments ,act of #aihg 7#bi ,u4,s4,c4
 #b note7 for each calendar month1      
beginning with ,july of the calendar    
year following the calendar year in     
which this ,act is enacted1 and such    
index shall be known as the ,consumer   
,price ,index for ,elderly ,consumers4  
7e7 ,effective date ,the amendments made
 by this section shall apply with       

respect to determinations made under    
section #bae7;i77#b77;,a77i7 of the     
,social ,security ,act with respect to  
base quarters occurring in #bjag or     
later4