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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2032 

To require the establishment of a Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security and Medicare benefits under titles II and XVIII of the Social Security Act. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 25, 2007 

Mr. DEFAZIO (for himself and Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways 

and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce 

and Education and Labor, 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 

A BILL 

To require the establishment of a Consumer Price Index 

for Elderly Consumers to compute cost-of-living increases 

for Social Security and Medicare benefits under titles 

II and XVIII of the Social Security Act. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Consumer Price Index 

5 for Elderly Consumers Act of 2007’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. CONSUMER PRICE INDEX FOR ELDERLY CON2 SUMERS. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Bureau of Labor Statistics 

4 of the Department of Labor shall prepare and publish an 

5 index for each calendar month to be known as the ‘‘Con6 sumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers’’ that indicates 

7 changes over time in expenditures for consumption which 

8 are typical for individuals in the United States who are 

9 62 years of age or older. 

10 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Subsection (a) shall apply 

11 with respect to calendar months ending on or after July 

12 31 of the calendar year following the calendar year in 

13 which this Act is enacted. 

14 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

15 are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are nec16 essary to carry out the provisions of this section. 

17 SEC. 3. COMPUTATION OF COST-OF-LIVING INCREASES. 

18 (a) AMENDMENTS TO TITLE II.— 

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 215(i) of the Social 

20 Security Act (42 U.S.C. 415(i)) is amended— 

21 (A) in paragraph (1)(G), by inserting be22 fore the period the following: ‘‘, and, solely with 

23 respect to any monthly insurance benefit pay24 able under this title to an individual who has 

25 attained age 62, effective for adjustments under 

26 this subsection to the primary insurance 


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1 amount on which such benefit is based (or to 

2 any such benefit under section 227 or 228) oc3 curring after such individual attains such age, 

4 the applicable Consumer Price Index shall be 

5 deemed to be the Consumer Price Index for El6 derly Consumers and such primary insurance 

7 amount shall be deemed adjusted under this 

8 subsection using such Index’’; and 

9 (B) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘and by 

10 section 9001’’ and inserting ‘‘, by section 

11 9001’’, and by inserting after ‘‘1986,’’ the fol12 lowing: ‘‘and by section 3(a) of the Consumer 

13 Price Index for Elderly Consumers Act,’’. 

14 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS IN APPLICABLE

15 FORMER LAW.—Section 215(i)(1)(C) of such Act, as 

16 in effect in December 1978 and applied in certain 

17 cases under the provisions of such Act in effect after 

18 December 1978, is amended by inserting before the 

19 period the following: ‘‘, and, solely with respect to 

20 any monthly insurance benefit payable under this 

21 title to an individual who has attained age 62, effec22 tive for adjustments under this subsection to the pri23 mary insurance amount on which such benefit is 

24 based (or to any such benefit under section 227 or 

25 228) occurring after such individual attains such 


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1 age, the applicable Consumer Price Index shall be 

2 deemed to be the Consumer Price Index for Elderly 

3 Consumers and such primary insurance amount 

4 shall be deemed adjusted under this subsection using 

5 such Index’’. 

6 (3) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 

7 by paragraph (1) shall apply to determinations made 

8 with respect to cost-of-living computation quarters 

9 ending on or after September 30 of the second cal10 endar year following the calendar year in which this 

11 Act is enacted. 

12 (b) AMENDMENTS TO TITLE XVIII.— 

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—Title XVIII of such Act (42 

14 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.) is amended— 

15 (A) in section 1814(i)(2)(B), by inserting 

16 ‘‘(i) for accounting years ending before October 

17 1 of the second calendar year following the cal18 endar year in which the Consumer Price Index 

19 for Elderly Consumers Act was enacted,’’ after 

20 ‘‘for a year is’’, and by inserting after ‘‘fifth 

21 month of the accounting year’’ the following: ‘‘, 

22 and (ii) for accounting years ending after Octo23 ber 1 of such calendar year, the cap amount de24 termined under clause (i) for the last account25 ing year referred to in such clause, increased or 


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1 decreased by the same percentage as the per2 centage increase or decrease, respectively, in the 

3 medical care expenditure category (or cor4 responding category) of the Consumer Price 

5 Index for Elderly Consumers, published by the 

6 Bureau of Labor Statistics, from March of such 

7 calendar year to the fifth month of the account8 ing year’’; 

9 (B) in section 1821(c)(2)(C)(ii)(II), by 

10 striking ‘‘consumer price index for all urban 

11 consumers (all items; United States city aver12 age)’’ and inserting ‘‘Consumer Price Index for 

13 Elderly Consumers’’; 

14 (C) in section 1833(h)(2)(A)(i), by striking 

15 ‘‘Consumer Price Index for All Urban Con16 sumers (United States city average)’’ and in17 serting ‘‘Consumer Price Index for Elderly Con18 sumers’’; 

19 (D) in section 1833(i)(2)(C)(i), by striking 

20 ‘‘Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers 

21 (U.S. city average)’’ and inserting ‘‘Consumer 

22 Price Index for Elderly Consumers’’; 

23 (E) in section 1834(a)(14)(J), by striking 

24 ‘‘consumer price index for all urban consumers 


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1 (U.S. city average)’’ and inserting ‘‘Consumer 

2 Price Index for Elderly Consumers’’; 

3 (F) in section 1834(h)(4)(A)(x), by strik4 ing ‘‘consumer price index for all urban con5 sumers (United States city average)’’ and in6 serting ‘‘Consumer Price Index for Elderly Con7 sumers’’; 

8 (G) in section 1834(l)(3)(B), by striking 

9 ‘‘consumer price index for all urban consumers 

10 (U.S. city average)’’ and inserting ‘‘Consumer 

11 Price Index for Elderly Consumers’’; 

12 (H) in section 1839(i)(5)(A)(ii), by strik13 ing ‘‘Consumer Price Index (U.S. city average)’’ 

14 and inserting ‘‘Consumer Price Index for Elder15 ly Consumers’’; 

16 (I) in section 1842(s)(1), by striking ‘‘con17 sumer price index for all urban consumers 

18 (United States city average)’’ and inserting 

19 ‘‘Consumer Price Index for Elderly Con20 sumers’’; 

21 (J) in each of subparagraphs (D)(ii) and 

22 (E)(i)(II) of section 1860D–14(a)(3)(D)(ii) and 

23 in each of clauses (i) and (ii) of section 1860D– 

24 14(a)(4)(A), by striking ‘‘consumer price index 

25 (all items; U.S. city average)’’ and inserting 


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1 ‘‘Consumer Price Index for Elderly Con2 sumers’’; 

3 (K) in section 1882(p)(11)(C)(ii), by strik4 ing ‘‘Consumer Price Index for all urban con5 sumers (all items; U.S. city average)’’ and in6 serting ‘‘Consumer Price Index for Elderly Con7 sumers’’; 

8 (L) in each of clauses (iv) and (vi)(II) of 

9 section 1886(h)(2)(E), by striking ‘‘for all 

10 urban consumers’’; and 

11 (M) in section 1886(h)(5)(B), by striking 

12 ‘‘Consumer Price Index for All Urban Con13 sumers (United States city average)’’ and in14 serting ‘‘Consumer Price Index for Elderly Con15 sumers’’. 

16 (2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 

17 by paragraph (1) shall apply with respect to deter18 minations made for periods ending after December 

19 31 of the second calendar year following the cal20 endar year in which this Act was enacted. 

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