Boosting Benefits and COLAs for Seniors Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 5841 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5841 To amend title II of the Social Security Act to require the Commissioner of Social Security to use the Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers for purposes of determining cost-of-living adjustments under titles II, VIII, and XVI of the Social Security Act, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 28, 2025 Ms. Budzinski (for herself, Ms. Lois Frankel of Florida, and Mr. Magaziner) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Workforce, 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 amend title II of the Social Security Act to require the Commissioner of Social Security to use the Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers for purposes of determining cost-of-living adjustments under titles II, VIII, and XVI of the Social Security Act, and for other purposes. 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 ``Boosting Benefits and COLAs for Seniors Act''. SEC. 2. MORE ACCURATE COST-OF-LIVING ADJUSTMENT. (a) In General.-- (1) In general.--Section 215(i)(1)(D) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 415(i)(1)(D)) is amended by striking ``Consumer Price Index'' and all that follows through ``such index'' and inserting ``Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W, as published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor) or Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers (CPI-