I 
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) intro-
duced 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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Emergency Social Se-
curity COLA for 2021 Act’’. 
SEC. 2. 3 PERCENT COST-OF-LIVING ADJUSTMENT FOR 
CALENDAR YEAR 2021. 
(a) 
IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding 
paragraph 
(1)(C) of section 215(i) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 415(i)), the applicable increase percentage for the 
cost-of-living computation quarter in calendar year 2020 
is deemed to be 3 percent for purposes of computing in-
creases provided under paragraph (2)(A)(ii) of such sec-
tion. 
(b) NO EFFECT ON ELIGIBILITY OR AMOUNT OF 
FEDERALLY FUNDED BENEFITS.—In any case in which 
the benefits or assistance paid to an individual under any 
Federal program or under any State or local program fi-
nanced in whole or in part with Federal funds are in-
creased as a result of the enactment of subsection (a), 
such increase shall be disregarded for purposes of deter-
mining— 
(1) the eligibility of such individual (or the indi-
vidual’s spouse or family) for benefits or assistance 
under any other such program; and 
(2) the amount or extent of such benefits or as-
sistance. 
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(c) HOLD HARMLESS FOR THE SOCIAL SECURITY 
TRUST FUNDS.—There are appropriated, out of any mon-
eys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to each 
of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust 
Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund 
for each fiscal year such amounts as the chief actuary of 
the Social Security Administration shall certify are nec-
essary to place each such Trust Fund in the same position 
at the end of such fiscal year as it would have been in 
if subsection (a) had not been enacted. 
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