Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers Act
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What it doesSummary introduced in house (Apr 14, 1999)
Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers Act - Directs the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor to prepare and publish a monthly Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers (CPI) that indicates changes over time in expenditures for consumption which are typical for individuals aged 62 years of age or older. Authorizes appropriations.
Amends titles II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) and XVIII (Medicare) to provide for the use of such new CPI in the computation of cost-of-living increases for social security and Medicare benefits under such programs.
What just happenedMay 5, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseApr 14, 1999
- May 5, 1999CommitteeH11000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Health and Environment Subcommittee - Apr 30, 1999CommitteeH11000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee - Apr 22, 1999CommitteeH11000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
Social Security Subcommittee - Apr 22, 1999CommitteeH11000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Health Subcommittee - Apr 14, 1999IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Commerce, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Education and Workforce Committee - Apr 14, 1999IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Commerce, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Energy and Commerce Committee - Apr 14, 1999IntroReferralH11100-A
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Commerce, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- Apr 14, 1999IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Commerce, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Ways and Means Committee - Apr 14, 1999IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Apr 14, 1999IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House