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    <item congress="117" measure-type="hr" measure-number="4315" measure-id="id117hr4315" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2021-07-01" update-date="2022-04-19">
        <title>Fair COLA for Seniors Act of 2021</title>
        <summary summary-id="id117hr4315v00" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2022-04-19">
            <action-date>2021-07-01</action-date>
            <action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
            <summary-text><![CDATA[ <p><strong>Fair COLA for Seniors Act</strong></p> <p>This bill bases cost-of-living adjustments for certain benefits available through federal and military retirement programs, Social Security, and specified programs for veterans on a price index that tracks the spending patterns of older consumers. The Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor must publish that price index on a monthly basis.</p>]]></summary-text>
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