3.0.0 2926 2023-01-11T13:16:48Z 2023-01-11T13:16:48Z Senate S S 2009-12-23 111 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2009-12-23T18:39:34Z 2009-12-23 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2009-12-23 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000035 Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR] BLANCHE LINCOLN D AR LAMBERT N S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2009-12-23 True C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2010-01-21 False Economics and Public Finance Aging Appropriations Congressional oversight Financial crises and stabilization Government studies and investigations Inflation and prices Medicare Social security and elderly assistance Veterans' pensions and compensation Economics and Public Finance 00 2009-12-23 Introduced in Senate 2010-01-26T20:14:45Z Economic Fairness for Seniors Act - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to keep the same Medicare part B premium for 2010 that was in effect for 2009.

Amends the American Recovery and Reinvestment Tax Act of 2009 (ARRA) to require an additional economic recovery payment (of $250) in calendar 2010 to certain beneficiaries of SSA title II (Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) (OASDI), railroad retirement, or veterans benefits. Makes appropriations to fund such payments.

Directs the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) of the Department of Labor to study and report to Congress on: (1) whether a consumer price index for elderly consumers (CPI-E) more accurately reflects the true costs of inflation for elderly Americans than the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W); and (2) if the elderly are being financially disadvantged by the use of the CPI-W in the determination of current benefit levels. Requires the BLS to prepare such a CPI-E if elderly Americans are disadvantaged by the CPI-W.

Amends the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (EESA) to offset the expenses of this Act through a reduction in Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) Funds.

]]> Economic Fairness for Seniors Act Display Title Economic Fairness for Seniors Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the application of a consistent Medicare part B premium for all Medicare beneficiaries in a budget neutral manner for 2010, to provide an additional round of economic recovery payments to certain beneficiaries, and to assess the need for a consumer price index for elderly consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for certain governmental benefits. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Economic Fairness for Seniors Act Introduced in Senate 2009-12-23T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s2926is/xml/BILLS-111s2926is.xml 2009-12-23 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.