,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ggfe  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #bc1 #bjbj,mr4 
,walberg introduced the following bill2 
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,ways and ,means  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend  
title ,,ii of the ,social ,security ,act
 to provide for a minimum annual        
cost-of-living increase for ,social     
,security benefits1 and for other       
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,certainty for      
,older ,living ,americans ,act of #bjbj 
or the ,,cola ,act of #bjbj4  #b4       
,computation of cost-of-living increases
  7a7 ,in general ,section #bae7;i7 of  
the ,social ,security ,act 7#db         
,u4,s4,c4 #dae7;i77 is amended-- 7#a7 in
 paragraph 7#a77;,b71 by striking with  
respect to which the applicable increase
 percentage is greater than zero22 and  
7#b7 in paragraph 7#b7-- 7,a7 in        
subparagraph 7,a7-- 7i7 in clause 7ii71 
in the matter following subclause       
7,,iii71 by striking applicable increase

 percentage and inserting the increase  
percentage determined under clause 7iv7 
for such year2 and  7ii7 by adding at   
the end the following3  7iv7 ,the       
increase percentage determined under    
this clause for a year shall be the     
greater of-- 7,i7 the applicable        
increase percentage with respect to a   
cost-of-living computation quarter in   
such year2 or  7,,ii7 the arithmetical  
mean of the increase percentages        
determined under this clause for each of
 the years in the #aj-year period ending
 with the year before such year4  2 and 
7,b7 in the first sentence of           
subparagraph 7,d71 by striking and the  
percentage thereof and inserting 1 the  
percentage thereof1 and the increase    
percentage determined under subparagraph
 7,a77iv7 for the following year4  7b7  
,effective date ,the amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to
 cost-of-living computation quarters    
ending on or after ,september #cj1      
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