[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3572 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3572

 To provide a cost-of-living increase for Social Security benefits for 
                          2010 of 2.9 percent.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 15, 2009

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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide a cost-of-living increase for Social Security benefits for 
                          2010 of 2.9 percent.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``COLA Assistance Act of 2009''.

SEC. 2. SOCIAL SECURITY COST-OF-LIVING INCREASE OF 2.9 PERCENT 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 2.9 
        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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