Equal COLA Act
Sponsored By: Representative Connolly
Introduced
Summary
Equalize annual cost-of-living adjustments for FERS and CSRS. This bill would change how FERS annuities get their yearly COLA so the adjustment follows the same index-based method used for CSRS benefits.
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Equal COLA for FERS pensions
If enacted, FERS annuity payments would get a yearly cost‑of‑living raise each December 1. The raise would equal the percent change in the price index for the base quarter this year versus the base quarter used for the last adjustment, rounded to the nearest 0.1%. It would apply to any FERS annuity that starts no later than that December 1, except for cases covered by existing subsection (c). The change would apply to COLAs made after enactment and to annuities starting before, on, or after that date. Your dollar increase would be your current annual annuity times that percent change.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Connolly
VA • D
Cosponsors
Mullin
CA • D
Sponsored 1/16/2025
Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12]
MI • D
Sponsored 1/16/2025
Barragan
CA • D
Sponsored 3/3/2025
McGovern
MA • D
Sponsored 3/14/2025
Casten
IL • D
Sponsored 3/26/2025
Levin
CA • D
Sponsored 3/31/2025
Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2]
IL • D
Sponsored 3/31/2025
Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]
CA • D
Sponsored 1/16/2025
Rep. Boyle, Brendan F. [D-PA-2]
PA • D
Sponsored 1/16/2025
Rep. Cleaver, Emanuel [D-MO-5]
MO • D
Sponsored 1/16/2025
Davis (NC)
NC • D
Sponsored 1/16/2025
McBath
GA • D
Sponsored 1/16/2025
DelBene
WA • D
Sponsored 1/16/2025
Rep. Frost, Maxwell [D-FL-10]
FL • D
Sponsored 1/16/2025
Cohen
TN • D
Sponsored 1/16/2025
Rep. Leger Fernandez, Teresa [D-NM-3]
NM • D
Sponsored 1/16/2025
Mrvan
IN • D
Sponsored 1/16/2025
Rep. Thanedar, Shri [D-MI-13]
MI • D
Sponsored 1/16/2025
Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1]
NV • D
Sponsored 1/16/2025
Cherfilus-McCormick
FL • D
Sponsored 1/16/2025
Rep. Raskin, Jamie [D-MD-8]
MD • D
Sponsored 1/16/2025
McClellan
VA • D
Sponsored 1/16/2025
Rep. Casar, Greg [D-TX-35]
TX • D
Sponsored 1/16/2025
Davis (IL)
IL • D
Sponsored 1/16/2025
Ocasio-Cortez
NY • D
Sponsored 1/16/2025
Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-8]
CA • D
Sponsored 1/16/2025
Rep. Salinas, Andrea [D-OR-6]
OR • D
Sponsored 1/16/2025
Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8]
MA • D
Sponsored 1/16/2025
Rep. Goldman, Daniel S. [D-NY-10]
NY • D
Sponsored 1/16/2025
Rep. Hoyle, Val T. [D-OR-4]
OR • D
Sponsored 1/16/2025
Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-39]
CA • D
Sponsored 1/16/2025
Mfume
MD • D
Sponsored 1/16/2025
Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
DC • D
Sponsored 1/22/2025
Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-19]
CA • D
Sponsored 1/22/2025
Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2]
CO • D
Sponsored 1/22/2025
Rep. Deluzio, Christopher R. [D-PA-17]
PA • D
Sponsored 1/22/2025
Schakowsky
IL • D
Sponsored 1/22/2025
Rep. Scanlon, Mary Gay [D-PA-5]
PA • D
Sponsored 1/28/2025
Budzinski
IL • D
Sponsored 1/31/2025
Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36]
CA • D
Sponsored 1/31/2025
Ivey
MD • D
Sponsored 2/10/2025
Fletcher
TX • D
Sponsored 2/10/2025
Rep. Sykes, Emilia Strong [D-OH-13]
OH • D
Sponsored 2/10/2025
Norcross
NJ • D
Sponsored 2/10/2025
Rep. McClain Delaney, April [D-MD-6]
MD • D
Sponsored 2/18/2025
Rep. Garcia, Robert [D-CA-42]
CA • D
Sponsored 2/18/2025
Rep. Landsman, Greg [D-OH-1]
OH • D
Sponsored 2/24/2025
Rep. Lawler, Michael [R-NY-17]
NY • R
Sponsored 4/29/2025
Stansbury
NM • D
Sponsored 4/29/2025
Rep. Foushee, Valerie P. [D-NC-4]
NC • D
Sponsored 4/29/2025
Rep. Ansari, Yassamin [D-AZ-3]
AZ • D
Sponsored 5/14/2025
Rep. Subramanyam, Suhas [D-VA-10]
VA • D
Sponsored 5/20/2025
Rep. Suozzi, Thomas R. [D-NY-3]
NY • D
Sponsored 5/20/2025
Pallone
NJ • D
Sponsored 10/31/2025
Craig
MN • D
Sponsored 10/31/2025
Rep. Carbajal, Salud O. [D-CA-24]
CA • D
Sponsored 10/31/2025
Randall
WA • D
Sponsored 10/31/2025
Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-28]
CA • D
Sponsored 12/9/2025
Rep. Stevens, Haley M. [D-MI-11]
MI • D
Sponsored 12/17/2025
Trahan
MA • D
Sponsored 1/8/2026
Rep. Balint, Becca [D-VT-At Large]
VT • D
Sponsored 2/3/2026
Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-25]
FL • D
Sponsored 2/9/2026
Adams
NC • D
Sponsored 2/10/2026
Pingree
ME • D
Sponsored 2/11/2026
Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20]
NY • D
Sponsored 2/24/2026
Kennedy (NY)
NY • D
Sponsored 3/3/2026
Rep. Omar, Ilhan [D-MN-5]
MN • D
Sponsored 3/5/2026
Rep. Van Orden, Derrick [R-WI-3]
WI • R
Sponsored 3/9/2026
Rep. Moskowitz, Jared [D-FL-23]
FL • D
Sponsored 3/18/2026
Scott, David
GA • D
Sponsored 3/24/2026
Rep. Ross, Deborah K. [D-NC-2]
NC • D
Sponsored 3/24/2026
Keating
MA • D
Sponsored 3/26/2026
Rep. Vindman, Eugene Simon [D-VA-7]
VA • D
Sponsored 3/26/2026
Rep. Magaziner, Seth [D-RI-2]
RI • D
Sponsored 3/27/2026
Rep. Olszewski, Johnny [D-MD-2]
MD • D
Sponsored 4/9/2026
Rep. Underwood, Lauren [D-IL-14]
IL • D
Sponsored 4/9/2026
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