- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- Senate
- Sponsors
- 21
- Latest action
- Feb 18, 2025
What it does
The Equal COLA Act would amend federal law to ensure that cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) for annuities under the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) are calculated in the same way as those for annuities under the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS), thereby achieving parity between the two systems. The bill modifies the formula used to determine annual COLAs for FERS retirees by aligning it with the CSRS method, which bases adjustments on the percent change in the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) from one base quarter to the next, rounded to the nearest 0.1 percent. This change would apply to all FERS annuity adjustments made after the…
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