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HR 491 · introduced · significant

Equal COLA Act

What this bill does

  • This bill removes caps on cost-of-living adjustments for federal employee pensions, matching them fully to inflation.
  • Federal employees who receive retirement annuities under the Federal Employees Retirement System are affected.
  • The change takes effect for any year when the Consumer Price Index increases, with no fiscal cost estimate provided.

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Community Threads

Started by Cosponsor

  1. 01

    How would removing COLA caps affect the long-term budget costs for federal employee pensions compared to current capped adjustments?

  2. 02

    Which federal employees would benefit most from uncapped cost-of-living adjustments, and how might this differ across retirement tiers?

  3. 03

    What trade-offs exist between fully inflation-indexed pensions for federal workers and potential impacts on other federal spending priorities?

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Sponsor · D-VA-11

Gerald E. Connolly

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House Reps cosponsoring

Introduced 2025-09-16

Joining the bill

+ 66 more

Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-09-16 · house · Floor

    ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mr. Walkinshaw asked unanimous consent that he may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 491, a bill originally introduced by Representative Connolly, for the purpose of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection.

  2. 2025-01-16 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

  3. 2025-01-16 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  4. 2025-01-16 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

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