Equal COLA Act (FERS Annuities)
Current understanding
To be populated as evidence accumulates.
Evidence log
- 2025-02-18 — Equal COLA Act: cross-connection with federal-retiree-cola-parity: Both pages track the Equal COLA Act proposal — federal-retiree-cola-parity frames the general CSRS/FERS parity policy while equal-cola-act tracks the specific FERS annuity mechanics; they should be reconciled or explicitly linked. (novelty: 2)
- 2025-01-05 — Social Security Fairness Act of 2023: cross-connection with social-security-fairness-act-gpo-wep: Both address benefit calculation rules affecting public-sector retirees whose service was not fully covered by standard Social Security/FERS COLA formulas. (novelty: 3)
- 2025-09-16 — Equal COLA Act: HR491 (119th Congress) introduced to eliminate FERS COLA caps that currently limit adjustments to CPI minus 1 point when CPI exceeds 2% and cap COLAs at 2% when CPI is between 2-3%, providing full CPI-matching COLAs for FERS annuitants in all inflation years. (novelty: 2)