[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3672 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3672

 To require the Secretary of Labor to establish cost-of-living indexes 
                          on a regional basis.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 22, 1993

  Mr. Nadler introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Education and Labor

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require the Secretary of Labor to establish cost-of-living indexes 
                          on a regional basis.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. REGIONAL COST-OF-LIVING INDEXES.

    (a) General Rule.--Not later than the date 1 year after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Labor shall--
            (1) establish a system for determining cost-of-living 
        indexes separately for--
                    (A) each statistical area in the United States, and
                    (B) each congressional district, and
            (2) determine and publish the initial cost-of-living index 
        for each such area and district.
    (b) Methodology.--The cost-of-living index determined under 
subsection (a) for any statistical area or congressional district for 
any calendar year shall be based on the average market prices for the 
area or district for the 12-month period ending on August 31 of such 
calendar year. The market prices taken into account under the preceding 
sentence shall be selected and used under the same methodology as is 
used by the Secretary of Labor in developing the Consumer Price Index 
for All Urban Consumers.
    (c) Statistical Area.--For purposes of this section, the term 
``statistical area'' means--
            (1) any metropolitan statistical area as defined by the 
        Secretary of Commerce, and
            (2) the portion of any State not within a metropolitan 
        statistical area as so defined.
    (d) Congressional District.--For purposes of this section, the term 
``congressional district'' includes--
            (1) any State represented by a Representative at Large;
            (2) the District of Columbia; and
            (3) any possession of the United States.
    (e) Treatment of Possessions.--For purposes of this section, the 
terms ``United States'' and ``State'' include any possession of the 
United States.
    (f) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated $1,000,000 to carry out the purposes of this section.

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