,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #abed  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #ad1       
#bjai,mr4 ,connolly introduced the      
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,oversight and ,reform
  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend title #e1 ,united
 ,states ,code1 to achieve parity       
between the cost of living adjustment   
with respect to an annuity under the    
,federal ,employees ,retirement ,system 
and an annuity under the ,civil ,service
 ,retirement ,system1 and for other     
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,equal ,,cola ,act4 
#b4 ,increase in ,,cola for ,,fers      
annuities  7a7 ,in general ,paragraph   
7#a7 of subsection 7b7 of section #hdfb 
of title #e1 ,united ,states ,code1 is  
amended to read as follows3  7#a7       
,except as provided in subsection 7c71  
effective ,december #a of each year1    
each annuity payable from the ,fund     
having a commencing date not later than 
such ,december #a shall be increased by 

the percent change in the price index   
for the base quarter of such year over  
the price index for the base quarter of 
the preceding year in which an          
adjustment under this subsection was    
made1 adjusted to the nearest #a_/aj of 
#a percent4  4  7b7 ,application ,the   
amendment made by subsection 7a7 shall  
apply to--  7#a7 any cost-of-living     
adjustment under section #hdfb of title 
#e1 ,united ,states ,code1 made after   
the date of the enactment of this ,act2 
and  7#b7 any annuity covered by such   
section commencing before1 on1 or after 
such date4