,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #cigd  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,march #ai1    
#bjbd,mr4 ,casey 7for himself1 ,mr4     
,blumenthal1 ,mr4 ,welch1 ,mr4          
,fetterman1 ,mrs4 ,gillibrand1 and ,mr4 
,sanders7 introduced the following bill2
 which was read twice and referred to   
the ,committee on ,finance  ,a ,,bill   
,to amend title ,,ii of the ,social     
,security ,act to require the           
,commissioner of ,social ,security to   
use the ,consumer ,price ,index for     
,elderly ,consumers for purposes of     
determining cost-of-living adjustments  
under titles ,,ii1 ,,viii1 and ,,xvi of 
the ,social ,security ,act1 and for     
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,boosting      
,benefits and ,c,o,l,as for ,seniors    
,act4  #b4 ,more accurate cost-of-living
 adjustment  7a7 ,in general  7#a7 ,in  
general ,section #bae7;i77#a77;,d7 of   
the ,social ,security ,act 7#db         
,u4,s4,c4 #dae7;i77#a77;,d77 is amended 

by striking ,consumer ,price ,index and 
all that follows through such index and 
inserting ,consumer ,price ,index for   
,urban ,wage ,earners and ,clerical     
,workers 7,,cpi-,w1 as published by the 
,bureau of ,labor ,statistics of the    
,department of ,labor7 or ,consumer     
,price ,index for ,elderly ,consumers   
7,,cpi-,e1 as published by such ,bureau7
 7whichever such index results in the   
higher percentage under this            
subparagraph7 exceeds the same such     
index4  7#b7 ,conforming amendment      
,section #bae7;i77#a77;,g7 of the       
,social ,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4   
#dae7;i77#a77;,g77 is amended by        
inserting applicable for purposes of    
subparagraph 7,d7 after ,consumer ,price
 ,index4  7b7 ,application to pre-#aigi 
law  7#a7 ,in general ,section #bae7;i7 
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-- 7,a7

 in paragraph 7#a77;,b71 by striking    
,consumer ,price ,index and all that    
follows through such index and inserting
 ,consumer ,price ,index for ,urban     
,wage ,earners and ,clerical ,workers   
7,,cpi-,w1 as published by the ,bureau  
of ,labor ,statistics of the ,department
 of ,labor7 or ,consumer ,price ,index  
for ,elderly ,consumers 7,,cpi-,e1 as   
published by such ,bureau of such       
,department7 7whichever such index      
results in the higher per centum under  
this subparagraph7 exceeds1 by not less 
than #c per centum1 the same such       
,index2 and  7,b7 in paragraph 7#b7--   
7i7 in subparagraph 7,a77ii71 by        
striking ,consumer ,price ,index for    
such cost-of-living computation quarter 
and inserting ,consumer ,price ,index   
applicable for such year under paragraph
 7#a77;,b72 and  7ii7 in subparagraph   
7,c77i71 by striking ,consumer ,price   
,index as published for any month       
exceeds by #b4e percent or more the     
level of such index and inserting       

,consumer ,price ,index for ,urban ,wage
 ,earners and ,clerical ,workers or     
,consumer ,price ,index for ,elderly    
,consumers as published for any month   
exceeds by #b4e percent or more the     
level of such index4  7#b7 ,conforming  
changes ,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         
,boosting ,benefits and ,c,o,l,as for   
,seniors ,act1 after #aihf14  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 ,with respect to any   
provision of law 7other than in this    
title1 title ,,viii1 or title ,,xvi7    
which provides for an adjustment of an  
amount under such provision of law in   
the same percentage as a cost-of-living 
adjustment applied to benefit amounts   

under this title1 such provision of law 
shall be applied and administered as if 
the percentage of such cost-of-living   
adjustment applied to benefit amounts   
under this title were determined without
 regard to the amendments made by       
subsections 7a7 and 7b7 of section #b of
 the ,boosting ,benefits and ,c,o,l,as  
for ,seniors ,act4  4  7d7 ,publication 
of ,consumer ,price ,index for ,elderly 
,consumers ,the ,bureau of ,labor       
,statistics of the ,department of ,labor
 shall prepare and publish an index for 
each calendar month to be known as the  
,consumer ,price ,index for ,elderly    
,consumers that indicates changes over  
time in expenditures for consumption    
which are typical for individuals in the
 ,united ,states who have attained age  
#fb4  7e7 ,transition rule ,prior to the
 publication of the ,consumer ,price    
,index for ,elderly ,consumers          
7,,cpi-,e7 pursuant to subsection 7d71  
the reference to such index made in each
 of the amendments made by subsections  

7a7 and 7b7 shall be deemed to be a     
reference to the research price index   
prepared by the ,bureau of ,labor       
,statistics of the ,department of ,labor
 known as the ,consumer ,price ,index   
for ,americans #fb years of age and     
older 7,r-,,cpi-,e74  7f7 ,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 #cj1 #bjbd4