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      <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>&lt;pre&gt;[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 50 (Friday, March 17, 2023)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [&lt;a href="https://www.gpo.gov"&gt;www.gpo.gov&lt;/a&gt;]By Mr. BILIRAKIS:H.R. 1618.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8The single subject of this legislation is:the establishment of a single commission to studysustainability of the Medicare and Social Security programs.[Page H1294]&lt;/pre&gt;</constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <fullName>Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-12]</fullName>
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          <text>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Commission on Sustaining Medicare and Social Security Act of 2023&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;This bill temporarily establishes the Commission on Sustaining Medicare and Social Security within the legislative branch to report on specified information relating to the Medicare program and the Social Security retirement and disability programs. The report must address (1) the impact of using alternative price indexes to determine cost-of-living adjustments; (2) the impact of using alternative formulas to calculate certain Medicare premiums; and (3) recommendations to prevent fraud, increase integrity, increase sustainability, and reduce improper payments in the programs.&lt;/p&gt;</text>
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        <title>To establish the Commission on Sustaining Medicare and Social Security, and for other purposes.</title>
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