,i  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gaf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,february #a1        
#bjbc,mr4 ,garamendi 7for himself1 ,mr4 
,panetta1 ,mr4 ,cohen1 ,mrs4 ,mc,bath1  
,mr4 ,moulton1 ,ms4 ,mc,collum1 ,ms4    
,lois ,frankel of ,florida1 ,mr4        
,grijalva1 ,mr4 ,boyle of ,pennsylvania1
 ,ms4 ,scanlon1 ,ms4 ,titus1 ,ms4       
,pingree1 ,ms4 ,ross1 ,ms4 ,omar1 ,mr4  
,crow1 ,mrs4 ,beatty1 ,mr4 ,kim of ,new 
,jersey1 ,ms4 ,moore of ,wisconsin1 ,mr4
 ,lieu1 and ,mr4 ,bowman7 introduced the
 following bill2 which was referred to  
the ,committee on ,ways and ,means1 and 
in addition to the ,committees on       
,veterans' ,affairs1 ,oversight and     
,accountability1 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     
provide for cost-of-living increases for
 certain ,federal benefits programs     

based on increases in the ,consumer     
,price ,index for the elderly4  #a4     
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,fair ,,cola for ,seniors ,act of   
#bjbc4  #b4 ,computation of             
cost-of-living increases based on       
,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 change ,section #bae7;i77#d7
 of the ,social ,security ,act 7#db     
,u4,s4,c4 #dae7;i77#d77 is amended--    
7,a7 by striking and by section #ijja   
and inserting 1 section #ijja2 and  7,b7
 by inserting and section #b of the     
,fair ,,cola for ,seniors ,act of #bjbc1
 after #aihf14  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 the date 
of enactment of this ,act1 and such     
index shall be known as the ,consumer   
,price ,index for ,elderly ,consumers4  
7d7 ,effective date ,the amendments made

 by subsection 7a7 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 #cj1 #bjbc4  #c4    
,cost-of-living increases for certain   
,federal benefits programs based on     
increases in the ,consumer ,price ,index
 for the elderly ,notwithstanding any   
other provision of law1 whenever benefit
 amounts under title ,,ii of the ,social
 ,security ,act are increased by any    
percentage effective with any month as a
 result of a determination made under   
section #bae7;i7 of such ,act1 the      
dollar amounts in effect for the payment
 of the following benefits1 as such     
amounts were in effect immediately      
before the increase of such benefit     
amounts1 shall be increased by the same 
percentage3 7#a7 ,an annuity under the  
,civil ,service ,retirement ,system or  
the ,federal ,employees ,retirement     

,system4  7#b7 ,department of ,veterans 
,affairs wartime disability compensation
 under section #aaad of title #ch1      
,united ,states ,code4  7#c7 ,department
 of ,veterans ,affairs additional       
compensation for dependents under       
section #aaae7a7 of such title4  7#d7   
,the ,department of ,veterans ,affairs  
clothing allowance under section #aafb  
of such title4  7#e7 ,department of     
,veterans ,affairs dependency and       
indemnity compensation to surviving     
spouse under subsections 7a7 through 7d7
 of section #acaa of such title4  7#f7  
,department of ,veterans ,affairs       
dependency and indemnity compensation to
 children under sections #acac7;a7 and  
#acad of such title4  7#g7 ,military    
retirement and survivor benefit         
programs1 as defined in section         
#adfa7;b7 of title #aj1 ,united ,states 
,code4