Amendment99th Congress
An amendment providing a one year Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) freeze for social security, federal retirees and veterans, with 20 percent of the savings from the COLA's freezes used to help social security beneficiaries at the poverty level. It calls for $12 billion in additional revenues, not to come from personal income taxes.
- Amendment Number
- 60
- Description
- An amendment providing a one year Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) freeze for social security, federal retirees and veterans, with 20 percent of the savings from the COLA's freezes used to help social security beneficiaries at the poverty level. It calls for $12 billion in additional revenues, not to come from personal income taxes.
- Congress
- 99
- Type
- HAMDT
- Latest Action Date
- May 23, 1985
- Latest Action Text
- Amendment Failed of Passage in Committee of Whole by Recorded Vote: 56 - 372 (Record Vote No: 129).
- Submitted Date
- May 23, 1985
- Chamber
- House of Representatives
- Update Date
- Jun 30, 2021