[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3761 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3761

  To increase Social Security and military retirement benefits by 2.9 
  percent, and base future cost-of-living increase adjustments to the 
                 Consumer Price Index for the elderly.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 16, 2015

  Mr. Grayson (for himself, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Nolan, Mr. Fattah, Mr. 
  Brady of Pennsylvania, Mr. Cleaver, Ms. Brown of Florida, Ms. Eddie 
   Bernice Johnson of Texas, Mrs. Dingell, Mr. Pocan, Mr. Johnson of 
Georgia, Mr. Conyers, Ms. Maxine Waters of California, Ms. Edwards, Mr. 
   Vargas, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Perlmutter, Mr. Veasey, Mr. Richmond, Mr. 
 Rangel, Mr. O'Rourke, Mr. Capuano, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Hinojosa, Mrs. 
Torres, Mr. Carson of Indiana, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. Cohen, Ms. Bass, 
  Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. Gallego, Ms. Pingree, Ms. Lee, Mr. 
Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania, Mr. Cartwright, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. 
Sires, Mr. Lowenthal, Ms. Jackson Lee, Ms. Castor of Florida, Ms. Kelly 
   of Illinois, Mr. Payne, Mr. Van Hollen, and Mrs. Watson Coleman) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for 
a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
                          committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
  To increase Social Security and military retirement benefits by 2.9 
  percent, and base future cost-of-living increase adjustments to the 
                 Consumer Price Index for the elderly.

    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 ``Seniors Deserve A Raise Act''.

SEC. 2. COST-OF-LIVING INCREASES FOR SOCIAL SECURITY AND MILITARY 
              RETIREMENT AND SURVIVOR BENEFITS TO BE BASED ON CONSUMER 
              PRICE INDEX FOR THE ELDERLY.

    Notwithstanding the adjustments otherwise required by sections 
1401a, 1451(g)(1), 1451(h)(1), and 1452(a)(4)(B) of title 10, United 
States Code, and section 215(i) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
415(i)), whenever there is an increase in the Consumer Price Index for 
the elderly, published by the Department of Labor, that is greater than 
the previous increase in the Consumer Price Index, the dollar amounts 
in effect for the payment of the following benefits, as such amounts 
were in effect immediately before such increase, shall be increased by 
the same percentage as the Consumer Price Index for the elderly was 
increased above the prior Consumer Price Index increase:
            (1) Any old-age, survivors, or disability insurance benefit 
        under title II of the Social Security Act.
            (2) Any military retirement or survivor benefit program 
        administered pursuant to title 10, United States Code.

SEC. 3. ADDITIONAL ONE-TIME COST-OF-LIVING INCREASE TO COMPENSATE FOR 
              FAILURE TO BASE PAST INCREASES ON CONSUMER PRICE INDEX 
              FOR THE ELDERLY.

    In addition to any increase required by section 2 for a year, each 
benefit described in such section shall be increased by 2.9 percent on 
January 1, 2016, and shall remain in effect every year thereafter.
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