,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #acci  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #ac1       
#bjbe,mr4 ,nunn of ,iowa 7for himself   
and ,mr4 ,davis of ,north ,carolina7    
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,ways and
 ,means1 and in addition to the         
,committee on ,energy and ,commerce1 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     
direct the ,comptroller ,general of the 
,united ,states to carry out a study    
relating to the resiliency of ,social   
,security and ,medicare4  #a4 ,short    
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,safeguarding ,social ,security and     
,medicare ,act4  #b4 ,findings ,congress
 finds the following3  7#a7 ,congress   
must protect the resiliency and         
longevity of ,social ,security and      
,medicare4  7#b7 #ga4g million people   

receive ,social ,security benefits and  
#ff4f million people receive ,medicare  
benefits4  7#c7 ,medicare is critical to
 our elderly and disabled population and
 their families4  7#d7 ,social ,security
 benefits are necessary for our elderly 
population who already survive on       
limited budgets4  7#e7 ,seniors earn    
their benefits after contributing their 
payroll taxes for decades4  7#f7        
,american workers are contributing with 
the promise of a financially secure     
future for themselves and their         
families4  7#g7 ,the increased cost of  
living and record levels of inflation   
continue to put a financial strain on   
every ,american1 especially those on    
,social ,security and ,medicare4  7#h7  
,it is necessary to carry out a study to
 understand how cost of living and      
inflation projections will affect       
,social ,security and ,medicare and to  
provide recommendations to ,congress4   
#c4 ,study on social security and       
medicare ,not later than #a year after  

the date of enactment of this ,act1 the 
,comptroller ,general shall conduct a   
study and submit a report to ,congress  
on the following3 7#a7 ,the effect of   
inflation and cost of living increases  
on ,medicare and the ,old-,age ,survivor
 and ,disability ,insurance program     
under title ,,ii of the ,social         
,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #dja et   
seq474  7#b7 ,recommendations on any    
legislative actions necessary to improve
 the ability to provide full benefits   
under such programs4