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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8598 

To provide for a 3 percent cost-of-living adjustment for social security and 

supplemental security income beneficiaries in calendar year 2021, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 16, 2020 

Mr. DEFAZIO (for himself, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Mr. TONKO, Ms. 

NORTON, Mr. ROSE of New York, Mr. DEUTCH, Mr. COURTNEY, Mrs. 

BEATTY, Mr. VELA, Mr. CICILLINE, Ms. BARRAGA ́N, Mr. BROWN of 

Maryland, Mr. HASTINGS, Ms. SPANBERGER, Mr. KILMER, Ms. JAYAPAL, 

Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. WELCH, Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Ms. WILD, 

Mr. GONZALEZ of Texas, Mr. RYAN, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. 

PETERSON, Mr. COHEN, Ms. PINGREE, Mrs. DEMINGS, Ms. VELA ́ZQUEZ, 

Mr. MORELLE, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Ms. 

ESCOBAR, Ms. BONAMICI, Ms. JOHNSON of Texas, Ms. SA ́NCHEZ, Mr. 

SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York, Mr. CARBAJAL, Ms. MENG, Mr. 

PAPPAS, Mr. RASKIN, Mr. COX of California, and Mr. ALLRED) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways 

and Means 

A BILL 

To provide for a 3 percent cost-of-living adjustment for social 

security and supplemental security income beneficiaries 

in calendar year 2021, and for other purposes. 

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


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Emergency Social Se3 curity COLA for 2021 Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. 3 PERCENT COST-OF-LIVING ADJUSTMENT FOR 

5 CALENDAR YEAR 2021. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding paragraph 

7 (1)(C) of section 215(i) of the Social Security Act (42 

8 U.S.C. 415(i)), the applicable increase percentage for the 

9 cost-of-living computation quarter in calendar year 2020 

10 is deemed to be 3 percent for purposes of computing in11 creases provided under paragraph (2)(A)(ii) of such sec12 tion. 

13 (b) NO EFFECT ON ELIGIBILITY OR AMOUNT OF

14 FEDERALLY FUNDED BENEFITS.—In any case in which 

15 the benefits or assistance paid to an individual under any 

16 Federal program or under any State or local program fi17 nanced in whole or in part with Federal funds are in18 creased as a result of the enactment of subsection (a), 

19 such increase shall be disregarded for purposes of deter20 mining— 

21 (1) the eligibility of such individual (or the indi22 vidual’s spouse or family) for benefits or assistance 

23 under any other such program; and 

24 (2) the amount or extent of such benefits or as25 sistance. 


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1 (c) HOLD HARMLESS FOR THE SOCIAL SECURITY

2 TRUST FUNDS.—There are appropriated, out of any mon3 eys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to each 

4 of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust 

5 Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund 

6 for each fiscal year such amounts as the chief actuary of 

7 the Social Security Administration shall certify are nec8 essary to place each such Trust Fund in the same position 

9 at the end of such fiscal year as it would have been in 

10 if subsection (a) had not been enacted. 

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