[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3557 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3557

  To provide an emergency cost-of-living increase for Social Security 
                           benefits for 2010.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 14, 2009

  Mr. Jones introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
  To provide an emergency cost-of-living increase for Social Security 
                           benefits for 2010.

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

SECTION 1. EMERGENCY COST-OF-LIVING INCREASE FOR SOCIAL SECURITY 
              BENEFITS FOR 2010.

    Notwithstanding any provision of section 215(i) of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 415(i)) to the contrary--
            (1) for purposes of such section 215(i), the applicable 
        increase percentage (as defined in section 215(i)(1)(C) of such 
        Act) with respect to the base quarter (as defined in section 
        215(i)(1)(A)(i) of such Act) in 2009 shall be deemed to be 
        equal to the average of the 10 applicable increase percentages 
        (as so defined) with respect to the base quarters (as so 
        defined) in the 10 calendar years preceding 2009 (rounded to 
        the nearest one-tenth of 1 percent); and
            (2) for purposes of such section 215(i) (and any provision 
        of law cross-referring to such section 215(i) or otherwise 
        providing for increases based on increases occurring under such 
        section 215(i)), the increase under section 215(i)(2)(A)(ii) of 
        such Act resulting from the application of this section shall 
        be deemed to be an increase under such section 215(i) and not a 
        general benefit increase.
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