113 HR 3639 IH: Provide for the Common Defense Act of 2013
U.S. House of Representatives
2013-12-03
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1.Short title; table of contents(a)This Act may be cited as the Provide for the Common Defense Act of 2013
.(b)The table of contents of this Act is as follows:Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.Title I—Elimination of sequestration for revised security categorySec. 101. Elimination of 251A reductions for revised security category in fiscal years 2014 and 2015.Title II—Offsetting Payment Changes Subtitle A—MedicareSec. 201. Adjustments to calculation of Medicare part B and part D premiums for high-income beneficiaries.Sec. 202. Increase in part B deductible for new enrollees.Subtitle B—AgricultureSec. 211. Cap on overall rate of return for crop insurance providers.Sec. 212. Cap on reimbursements for administrative and operating expenses of crop insurance providers.Sec. 213. Reduction in share of crop insurance premium paid by Federal Crop Insurance Corporation.Subtitle C—Federal Retirement Sec. 221. Retirement contributions.Sec. 222. Annuity supplement.Sec. 223. Use of Chained Consumer Price Index.Subtitle D—Chained CPISec. 231. Change in index used to calculate Social Security cost-of-living adjustments.<enum>I</enum><header>Elimination of sequestration for revised security category</header><section commented="no" id="H7211776372CC400DBC94861E668FC055"><enum>101.</enum><header>Elimination of 251A reductions for revised security category in fiscal years 2014 and 2015</header><subsection id="HE2A202C77CA64A9C9170A491535D7A77"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Elimination of the adjustment under section 251A for fiscal years 2014 and 2015</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 251A of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/901a">2 U.S.C. 901a</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="H491CCFBCEE354D6EB95F3E66C7B98064"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraphs (7)(B) and (8), by striking <quote>On the date</quote> in each instance and inserting <quote>Subject to paragraph (12), on the date</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H1100EAF1FD7742F8B96B7C652447B2E5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H40FA8060D8794862B9014030E00ECC1B" style="OLC"><paragraph id="H7B06AAC64D894B07804E179536916153"><enum>(12)</enum><header>No reductions for revised security category in fiscal years 2014 and 2015</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Paragraphs (7)(B) and (8) shall have no force or effect for fiscal years 2014 and 2015 with respect to the revised security category.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1070E847B8AA4DE793459D9C42D6D5F5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Discretionary spending limits for the revised security category in fiscal years 2014 and 2015</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of section 251(c) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (as modified by section 251A(2) of such Act), for fiscal years 2014 and 2015, the discretionary spending limit for the revised security category in each such fiscal year shall be $552,000,000,000 and $566,000,000,000, respectively.</text></subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header>Offsetting Payment Changes </header><subtitle id="HBE2945863E624C1E907DE3D5C249F693"><enum>A</enum><header>Medicare</header><section id="H2E83A851E8BC44719B0DCDACBD6B3EB6" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>201.</enum><header>Adjustments to calculation of Medicare part B and part D premiums for high-income beneficiaries</header><subsection id="H54F4787BA82E4BE2B8295B2EADB6C855"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Increase in applicable percentage used To calculate premiums</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1839(i)(3)(C)(i) of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1395r">42 U.S.C. 1395r(i)(3)(C)(i)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="H6F7866C03EF24AC2851DC1F20FEC7091"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting after <quote><header-in-text level="clause" style="OLC">In general.—</header-in-text></quote> the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD4D85B871135492391565E5FCE89C7EC" style="OLC"><subclause id="H00DE8F8623944002B95D9CA40AB13863"><enum>(I)</enum><header>Years before 2017</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For calendar years prior to 2017:</text></subclause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HD2B10B6E7A234D34A32025AAEBEBDEF0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new subclause:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8AB7F5934359405AA5A20E8CD91565AF" style="OLC"><subclause commented="no" id="H9FD6EB94F1EA4FD7B0EA8EA81DF55630" indent="up1"><enum>(II)</enum><header>2017 and subsequent years</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For calendar year 2017 and each subsequent calendar year:</text><table align-to-level="section" blank-lines-before="1" colsep="0" frame="none" line-rules="no-gen" rowsep="0" rule-weights="0.0.0.0.0.0" subformat="S6211" table-template-name="Flush/hang, 1 text, 1 num, bold hds" table-type="Leaderwork"><tgroup cols="2" rowsep="0"><colspec coldef="txt" colname="column1" colwidth="297.75pt" min-data-value="55"></colspec><colspec coldef="fig" colname="column2" colwidth="183.00pt" min-data-value="5"></colspec><thead><row><entry align="left" colname="column1" morerows="0" namest="column1" rowsep="0"><bold>If the modified adjusted</bold></entry><entry align="right" colname="column2" morerows="0" namest="column2" rowsep="0"><bold>The applicable</bold></entry></row><row><entry align="left" colname="column1" morerows="0" namest="column1" rowsep="0"><bold>
gross income is:</bold></entry><entry align="right" colname="column2" morerows="0" namest="column2" rowsep="0"><bold>percentage is:</bold></entry></row></thead><tbody><row><entry align="left" colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr">More than $85,000 but not more than $107,000</entry><entry align="right" colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0">40</entry></row><row><entry align="left" colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr">More than $107,000 but not more than $160,000</entry><entry align="right" colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0">55</entry></row><row><entry align="left" colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr">More than $160,000 but not more than $214,000</entry><entry align="right" colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0">70</entry></row><row><entry align="left" colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr">More than $214,000</entry><entry align="right" colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0">90.</entry></row></tbody></tgroup></table></subclause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HDA2D26C9A4214D5BB9DAA78BC056A0B7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Temporary adjustment to income thresholds used To calculate premiums</header><paragraph id="HE808E46E906243A3A218450655AA8DFF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 1839(i)(6) of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1395r">42 U.S.C. 1395r(i)(6)</external-xref>) is amended in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) by striking <quote>December 31, 2019</quote> and inserting <quote>December 31 of the year after 2019 that is the first year after the year in which at least 25 percent of individuals enrolled under this part are subject to a reduction under this subsection to the monthly amount of the premium subsidy applicable to the premium under this section.</quote>.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2B0A3E09B10F4D60BDE867E8F3CC7DD5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Application of inflation adjustment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1839(i)(5) of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1395r">42 U.S.C. 1395r(i)(5)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="H6822A749B0574FACB55428A686ED5262"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>In the case</quote> and inserting <quote>Subject to subparagraph (C), in the case</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H2A8636BC6F6D4CB890AD33D7F5073F12"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3C46B0FBEDC74F30B445695BD403EBD7" style="OLC"><subparagraph commented="no" id="H2963D4DC2B46489D9DA814AB928901BF"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Treatment of years after temporary adjustment period</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In applying subparagraph (A) for the first year beginning after the period described in paragraph (6) and for each subsequent year, the 12-month period ending with August 2006 described in clause (ii) of such subparagraph shall be deemed to be the 12-month period ending with August of the last year of such period described in paragraph (6).</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H86A1954EEFDA4D13B7B142557FBA08FB"><enum>202.</enum><header>Increase in part B deductible for new enrollees</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1833 of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1395l">42 U.S.C. 1395l</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="HBE4133D1750144228FA2BCAADEB642BC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the first sentence of subsection (b), by inserting <quote>(subject to subsection (z))</quote> after <quote>for a subsequent year</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HFC3A022DF6F54D4A915E7A9CBAEEE285"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H68130F849E1D4158ADD928B088EA80AB" style="OLC"><subsection id="H85136E371E724A0A99263B3071412FFC"><enum>(z)</enum><header>Higher deductible for new enrollees</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of an individual who is not enrolled under this part before January 1, 2017, the amount of the deductible under subsection (b)—</text><paragraph id="H5494A0D0A89246FEAD2DD9D8A8C1B1DE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>for 2017 shall be the amount otherwise determined under such subsection for 2017 increased by $25;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H3B2D17CD152C4895855E3A73B203C426"><enum>(2)</enum><text>for 2018 shall be the amount otherwise determined under such subsection for 2018, taking into account the application of the previous paragraph;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HD20FC4C76BFA4C5890616A9B06D3FD83"><enum>(3)</enum><text>for 2019 shall be the amount otherwise determined under such subsection for 2019, taking into the application of the previous paragraphs, , increased by $25;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HF23B77865E1C45FD83D93DC55DF3AD43"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for 2020 shall be the amount otherwise determined under such subsection for 2020, taking into account the application of the previous paragraphs, increased by $25;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HE287D33D16F940B7A40CF226178948B7"><enum>(5)</enum><text>for 2021 shall be the amount otherwise determined under such subsection for 2021, taking into account the application of the previous paragraphs, increased by $25; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H034F86BE8F464682810857FDC9DFB7DB"><enum>(6)</enum><text>for any subsequent year shall be the amount otherwise determined under such subsection for such year, taking into account the application of the previous paragraphs and this paragraph for previous years.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section></subtitle><subtitle id="H33A8A55CF7564274B2554E88CE89855C"><enum>B</enum><header>Agriculture</header><section id="H0457DEB510184FBC9D3F5B5D1F5196EF"><enum>211.</enum><header>Cap on overall rate of return for crop insurance providers</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 508(k) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1508">7 U.S.C. 1508(k)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="HD5AD1F6552C34A0F913DED6047F7D036"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by designating paragraph (3) as subparagraph (A) (and adjusting the margin two ems to the right);</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H8CA696938C854175BF34BE440BDD6C59"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting before subparagraph (A) (as so designated) the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA14507E84C0F4B29B730F262D1AA413A" style="OLC"><paragraph id="H158ED75A40714A5297BD7F82DDC26973"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Risk</header></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="H983E50D13BC04AE8BB84BA509B777B4B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:</text><quoted-block id="H5C1391FA33C84A1083CBEED11B7E6008" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="HC90781940CA945B2A3D805AA9D2255C5"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Cap on overall rate of return</header><text>The target rate of return for all the companies combined for the 2014 and subsequent reinsurance years shall be 12.8 percent of retained premium.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section id="HEC3BA201970B46719C0F98DBC2CDF3F7"><enum>212.</enum><header>Cap on reimbursements for administrative and operating expenses of crop insurance providers</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 508(k)(4) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1508">7 U.S.C. 1508(k)(4)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9FAB11805AFB4AEC9EFC78C9930D5A4F" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="H4CF3F2EEC81D4F0B88439FF5FB84B0EB"><enum>(G)</enum><header>Additional cap on reimbursements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding subparagraphs (A) through (F), total reimbursements for administrative and operating costs for the 2014 insurance year for all types of policies and plans of insurance shall not exceed $935,000,000. For each subsequent insurance year, the dollar amount in effect pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be increased by the same inflation factor as established for the administrative and operating costs cap in the 2011 Standard Reinsurance Agreement.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="H2D4055A7486B4154A36892B8122696DF"><enum>213.</enum><header>Reduction in share of crop insurance premium paid by Federal Crop Insurance Corporation</header><subsection id="H91B95887F1CC4B7CABF01E227DF134B0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Catastrophic risk protection</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 508(d)(2)(A) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1508">7 U.S.C. 1508(d)(2)(A)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>sufficient to cover anticipated losses and a reasonable reserve</quote> and inserting <quote>for all crops for which catastrophic risk protection coverage is available shall be reduced by the percentage equal to the difference between the average loss ratio for such crop and 100 percent, plus a reasonable reserve</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection id="HC7D6B2BB083045168A69DB95C6FA74B8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Additional coverage</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 508(e)(2) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1508">7 U.S.C. 1508(e)(2)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="HEF3AD022185F46439D433EAC79709FB4"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B)(i), by striking <quote>67</quote> and inserting <quote>64</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HD272D07BA25544619D6C8121F093F1F0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C)(i), by striking <quote>64</quote> and inserting <quote>61</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H36C2AD941D574416B64343047AA044C5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subparagraph (D)(i), by striking <quote>59</quote> and inserting <quote>56</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H4AA20CDB554E482BA727FA039A0675F0"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (E)(i), by striking <quote>55</quote> and inserting <quote>52</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HCA7FDABFF7B44867BD7D82991D19288F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Enterprise and whole farm units</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 508(e)(5)(C) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1508">7 U.S.C. 1508(e)(5)(C)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>80</quote> and inserting <quote>77</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection id="HF1187294B5C846EAB0DCBD2E4FDBEB6E"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Area revenue plans</header><text>Section 508(e)(6) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1508">7 U.S.C. 1508(e)(6)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="H0663A0C243094FA5BA4CF1069D53706E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)(i), by striking <quote>59</quote> and inserting <quote>56</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HF32FF88344CB43A4B05A4F9523D1A26D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)(i), by striking <quote>55</quote> and inserting <quote>52</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD7C04E7EB46C40A383EF1D42CB387207"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Area yield plans</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 508(e)(7) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1508">7 U.S.C. 1508</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="H94BD9C034D9E40898BB7959237316934"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)(i), by striking <quote>59</quote> and inserting <quote>56</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HEC7BEA9095EF44D0B3FD9D570294FC65"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)(i), by striking <quote>55</quote> and inserting <quote>52</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HBCA52F84B89645EAB627EA427B9B2826"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (C)(i), by striking <quote>51</quote> and inserting <quote>48</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC0C46087D0CA4427ADDBFA8F9F0C50A8"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to the first contract change date for a contract under the Federal Crop Insurance Act occurring after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="HA45373D439ED4E64A5C2677C4ABD09EB"><enum>C</enum><header>Federal Retirement </header><section id="HFA020515939F48CCB7E604E4EFA2F30C"><enum>221.</enum><header>Retirement contributions</header><subsection id="H6B422D6ECB7F41C5AEF645ADB98326AC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Civil Service Retirement System</header><paragraph id="H40749473E4A9461BB129F9F33095FFF6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Individual contributions</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/8334">Section 8334(c)</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, is amended—</text><subparagraph id="HD67F7A36C4004862A67F7E44C65CE479"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>(c) Each</quote> and inserting <quote>(c)(1) Each</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H93B4507638124167996D3D582B33B438"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block id="H549DE6CB34D8492FBE2D5BC23FB3EAE6" style="OLC"><paragraph id="H16E2371C5CDB429D8D4020629B4CB332" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of this subsection, the applicable percentage of basic pay under this subsection for civilian service by an employee or Member shall, for purposes of computing an amount—</text><subparagraph id="H5AEB0D6457214982A685915619CB652C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>for a period in calendar year 2014, be equal to the applicable percentage under this subsection for calendar year 2013 plus an additional 0.4 percentage point;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8EB17921604340B2904C0955CF1DD123"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for a period in calendar year 2015, be equal to the applicable percentage under this subsection for calendar year 2014 (as determined under subparagraph (A)) plus an additional 0.4 percentage point;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H52F5770B61A14579A60CA4935D8CB37C"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for a period in calendar year 2016, be equal to the applicable percentage under this subsection for calendar year 2015 (as determined under subparagraph (B)) plus an additional 0.4 percentage point; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0B3973C0890E48E88851A26DDF3F7DB2"><enum>(D)</enum><text>for a period in any calendar year after 2016, be equal to the applicable percentage under this subsection for calendar year 2015 (as determined under subparagraph (C)).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H920E4008C824435E889384D8709DBE77" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H3D70A8CCA0614DEDA8409EBC3C0DDEB6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Notwithstanding subsection (a)(2), any excess contributions under subsection (a)(1)(A) (including the portion of any deposit under this subsection allocable to excess contributions) shall, if made by an employee of the United States Postal Service or the Postal Regulatory Commission, be deposited to the credit of the Postal Service Fund under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/39/2003">section 2003</external-xref> of title 39, rather than the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HABEAB1CB5809410B8F34662B315364E0" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>For purposes of this paragraph, the term <term>excess contributions</term>, as used with respect to contributions made under subsection (a)(1)(A) by an employee of the United States Postal Service or the Postal Regulatory Commission, means the amount by which—</text><clause commented="no" id="H3251082A47CB4EE4A488385EA294820D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>deductions from basic pay of such employee which are made under subsection (a)(1)(A), exceed</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="H13F21B345F2B4C86B6B79DEB47117B31"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>deductions from basic pay of such employee which would have been so made if paragraph (2) had not been enacted.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD275633F45BE4363B72AA7FE30684B2C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Government contributions</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/8334">Section 8334(a)(1)(B)</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, is amended—</text><subparagraph id="H84DEF4D552F54546A7F70BDDED5DC1D5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in clause (i), by striking <quote>Except as provided in clause (ii),</quote> and inserting <quote>Except as provided in clause (ii) or (iii),</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC98372AA41D349DA921BD2D6E68F37F2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block id="HF085D3B9F9814ED8B8DE6D43AA5FD5AA" style="OLC"><clause id="HFDBC2D74577743429C505E362D446087" indent="up3"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>The amount to be contributed under clause (i) shall, with respect to a period in any year beginning after December 31, 2013, be equal to—</text><subclause id="H73F889D79619488BBBCAD62DC8D2FE3E"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the amount which would otherwise apply under clause (i) with respect to such period, reduced by</text></subclause><subclause id="H19D4A9C87A4D4FB3BE26BB9285A2B322"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the amount by which, with respect to such period, the withholding under subparagraph (A) exceeds the amount which would otherwise have been withheld from the basic pay of the employee or elected official involved under subparagraph (A) based on the percentage applicable under subsection (c) for calendar year 2013.</text></subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H41F87FEBFE894A9CA1941945A6F5162E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Individual contributions under the Federal Employees’ Retirement System</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/8422">Section 8422(a)(3)</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, is amended—</text><paragraph id="HD72CF1B671DB4346956C15EE8DB0AC6C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraph (B) as subparagraph (C); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HCEE135377F014C0BB556F063C6931F6A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following:</text><quoted-block id="HA2FFF287B10841E894475661F6F00FB1" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="H5709CEBC6695405F9B5C7D981374D171" indent="up2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of this paragraph, the applicable percentage under this paragraph for civilian service by employees or Members other than revised annuity employees shall—</text><clause id="HCE2E7B3470EE47D7A815C6EC7677D13E"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for a period in calendar year 2014, be equal to the applicable percentage under this paragraph for calendar year 2013 plus an additional 0.4 percentage point;</text></clause><clause id="H67EF8B48E21643D7B6B1C73EF02763DE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>for a period in calendar year 2015, be equal to the applicable percentage under this paragraph for calendar year 2014 (as determined under clause (i)) plus an additional 0.4 percentage point;</text></clause><clause id="HF38D2FA68C03439DAEE2093CEB811875"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>for a period in calendar year 2016, be equal to the applicable percentage under this paragraph for calendar year 2015 (as determined under clause (ii)) plus an additional 0.4 percentage point; and</text></clause><clause id="H4771BAB1C5BC46C2AE22C5A6F892D59F"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>for a period in any calendar year after 2016, be equal to the applicable percentage under this paragraph for calendar year 2016 (as determined under clause (iii)).</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HD84BF90198194751A1DE02914B09FCF2"><enum>222.</enum><header>Annuity supplement</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/8421">Section 8421(a)</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, is amended—</text><paragraph id="H52462A9A678C4F34993F4352759278AF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>paragraph (3)</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraphs (3) and (4)</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H751FBB13BCAB4C96A0E2CAEBE23D9BF8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>paragraph (3)</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraphs (3) and (4)</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H882D55BFEAED426E94307F959A58F571"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block id="H65B324FCB6F34A2A8DFED81183736D43" style="OLC"><paragraph id="H6986CAC64F8343C2A18DC29F8EC436ED" indent="up1"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No annuity supplement under this section shall be payable in the case of an individual who first becomes subject to this chapter after December 31, 2013.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section id="H107851E683C648F5A250E67EB65B3E71"><enum>223.</enum><header>Use of Chained Consumer Price Index</header><subsection id="HA19E76B390BC4B56B1B89BEFF0741CA7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Paragraph (15) of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/8331">section 8331</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1AD52EBAFE644433ADECF00349C01257" style="USC"><paragraph commented="no" id="HF0EC159880044BE197419644E82BF06E"><enum>(15)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <term>price index</term> means the Chained Consumer Price Index (all items-all urban consumers) published monthly by the Bureau of Labor Statistics;</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="HB6A4A48E193F45C3BA53F534ACA6B676"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect on January 1, 2015, and shall apply with respect to any cost-of-living adjustment taking effect under section <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/8340">8340</external-xref> or <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/8462">8462</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, on or after that date.</text></subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="HCFBA39423F3642C7B7813EA120FF769C"><enum>D</enum><header>Chained CPI</header><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5BDB6B5ED1A8441FA14005BE590906DF" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>231.</enum><header>Change in index used to calculate Social Security cost-of-living adjustments</header><subsection id="H42C29C28758B46FD80EAC4120087A706"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 215(i)(1) of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/415">42 U.S.C. 415(i)(1)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="HCEB720BC63A142A080CF82B95D95FF2C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (G), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H32DE08B78CF04A198D45719EC12EFE81"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H51AB1D8F457548B59522B401427B8045" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="H29A7C8CE59164849A6957E038A044EB3" indent="up1"><enum>(H)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <term>Consumer Price Index</term> means the Chained Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (C–CPI–U, as published in its initial version by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor).</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC3B263183B6F4176AD25F26B5AF1C1B6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Application to pre-1979 law</header><paragraph id="HC30195541DF0457ABECF3DD7E2413D76"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 215(i)(1) of the Social Security Act as in effect in December 1978, and as applied in certain cases under the provisions of such Act as in effect after December 1978, is amended—</text><subparagraph id="H89CCE3D90EF649588D576425BE1E9B87"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (C), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H36EFD96E45824E74BA9364E2672FE96B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE969745139F043A9BD6F0F93893652C9" style="traditional"><subparagraph id="HBFEA585E49A34F568753AFB6C208D886" indent="up1"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the term <term>Consumer Price Index</term> means the Chained Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (C–CPI–U, as published in its initial version by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor).</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF95249BC6D344F989662980BB34DBD70"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming change</header><text>Section 215(i)(4) of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/415">42 U.S.C. 415(i)(4)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>and by section 231 of the <short-title>Provide for the Common Defense Act of 2013</short-title></quote> after <quote>1986</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE04A90C30E2F4C4D8B78A01BB23ADAB7"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to adjustments effective with or after December 2014.</text></subsection></section></subtitle>