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COLA Act of 2021

USA117th CongressHR-2266| House 
| Updated: 3/26/2021
Tim Walberg

Tim Walberg

Republican Representative

Michigan

Ways and Means Committee, Social Security Subcommittee, Education and Workforce Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Certainty for Older Living Americans Act of 2021 or the COLA Act of 2021 This bill sets out an alternative method to calculate cost-of-living adjustments for Social Security benefits. The current method is based on the annual change in the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, which results in no or small increases to benefits following a year with deflation or low inflation. The alternative method established by this bill is based on a 10-year average of cost-of-living adjustments. The Social Security Administration must use whichever method results in the larger increase for a given year. In addition, the Department of Labor and the Department of Commerce must establish a working group to make recommendations on incorporating specified economic data when producing relevant consumer price indexes.
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Bill from Previous Congress

HR 116-7765
COLA Act of 2020
Mar 26, 2021
Introduced in House
Mar 26, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
Mar 26, 2021
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    HR 116-7765
    COLA Act of 2020


  • March 26, 2021
    Introduced in House


  • March 26, 2021
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.


  • March 26, 2021
    Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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.

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Advisory bodiesCongressional oversightInflation and pricesSocial security and elderly assistance

COLA Act of 2021

USA117th CongressHR-2266| House 
| Updated: 3/26/2021
Certainty for Older Living Americans Act of 2021 or the COLA Act of 2021 This bill sets out an alternative method to calculate cost-of-living adjustments for Social Security benefits. The current method is based on the annual change in the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, which results in no or small increases to benefits following a year with deflation or low inflation. The alternative method established by this bill is based on a 10-year average of cost-of-living adjustments. The Social Security Administration must use whichever method results in the larger increase for a given year. In addition, the Department of Labor and the Department of Commerce must establish a working group to make recommendations on incorporating specified economic data when producing relevant consumer price indexes.
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Timeline

Bill from Previous Congress

HR 116-7765
COLA Act of 2020
Mar 26, 2021
Introduced in House
Mar 26, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
Mar 26, 2021
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    HR 116-7765
    COLA Act of 2020


  • March 26, 2021
    Introduced in House


  • March 26, 2021
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.


  • March 26, 2021
    Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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.
Tim Walberg

Tim Walberg

Republican Representative

Michigan

Ways and Means Committee, Social Security Subcommittee, Education and Workforce Committee

Social Welfare

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Advisory bodiesCongressional oversightInflation and pricesSocial security and elderly assistance