,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #djgf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,october #af1        
#bjag,mr4 ,norcross introduced the      
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,ways and ,means1 and 
in addition to the ,committees on       
,education and the ,workforce1 ,energy  
and ,commerce1 ,armed ,services1 and    
,oversight and ,government ,reform1 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 for           
cost-of-living adjustments indexed to   
the ,consumer ,price ,index for the     
,elderly1 and for other purposes4  #a4  
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,seniors' ,security ,act of #bjag4  
#b4 ,use of ,consumer ,price ,index for 
the ,elderly for cost-of-living         
adjustments of social security benefits 

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 change
 ,section #bae7;i77#d7 of the ,social   
,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4           

#dae7;i77#d77 is amended by inserting   
and by section #b of the ,seniors'      
,security ,act of #bjag after #aihf4    
7c7 ,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  
7d7 ,effective date ,the amendments made
 by this section shall apply to         
determinations made with respect to     
cost-of-living computation quarters 7as 
defined in section #bae7;i77#a77;,b7 of 
the ,social ,security ,act 7#db         
,u4,s4,c4 #dae7;i77#a77;,b777 ending on 
or after ,september #cj of the second   
calendar year following the calendar    

year in which this ,act is enacted4  #c4
 ,use of ,consumer ,price ,index for the
 ,elderly for cost-of-living adjustments
 of ,federal annuities  7a7 ,,csrs and  
,,fers ,section #hcca7ae7 of title #e1  
,united ,states ,code1 is amended to    
read as follows3  7#ae7 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       
,labor72  4  7b7 ,applicability ,the    
amendments made by this section shall   
apply to determinations made with       
respect to cost-of-living computation   
quarters ending on or after ,september  
#cj of the second calendar year         
following the calendar year in which    
this ,act is enacted4  #d4 ,use of      
,consumer ,price ,index for the ,elderly
 for cost-of-living adjustments of      
retired pay and retainer pay of members 
of the ,armed ,forces  7a7 ,in general  
,section #adja;a7g77#a7 of title #aj1   
,united ,states ,code1 is amended by    

striking ,consumer ,price ,index 7all   
items1 ,united ,states city average7 and
 inserting ,consumer ,price ,index for  
the ,elderly4  7b7 ,application of      
amendment ,the amendment made by        
subsection 7a7 shall apply only to      
adjustments of retired and retainer pay 
of members of the ,armed ,forces        
effective after the date of the         
enactment of this ,act4  #e4 ,limitation
 on certain increases in ,medicare part 
,b premiums ,section #ahci7;f7 of the   
,social ,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4   
#acier7f77 is amended in the first      
sentence-- 7#a7 by striking such        
increase would reduce and inserting the 
following3  such increase-- 7#a7 for    
calendar years beginning before the date
 of the enactment of section #e of the  
,seniors' ,security ,act of #bjag1 would
 reduce  2 and  7#b7 by striking the    
period at the end and inserting the     
following3  2 and 7#b7 for calendar     
years beginning on or after the date of 
the enactment of section #e of the      

,seniors' ,security ,act of #bjag1 would
 exceed #cj percent of the difference   
between the amount of benefits payable  
to that individual for that ,december   
and the amount of benefits payable to   
that individual for that ,november 7both
 amounts determined before the deduction
 of a premium under this section74  4