HR8135-119

In Committee

Cost-of-living Emergency Act

119th Congress Introduced Mar 27, 2026

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, Cost-of-living Emergency Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators. The main policy domain is Government Operations, Energy, Labor.

Who Benefits and How

federal agencies and legislative administrators may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section H9E14FD229F1E4D98A7151C55EAC67A95: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Cost-of-living Emergency Act.
  • Section H87D04086AD0348DCB6089D32B544BB31: 2. Definitions In this Act: The term average U.S. household means a household in the United States earning less than the median household income for the prior...
  • Section H590238E887454B7EAC06901D580E2096: 3. Declaration of emergency with respect to cost of living There is hereby declared an emergency with respect to the high cost of living facing the people of...
  • Section HCCE59334B8A54DBDA5E67109F5C07FC6: 4. Actions to be taken by the Council of Economic Advisers during a cost-of-living emergency During the period that the emergency declared under section 3 is...
  • Section HCFF62B45C429446EA7009F26143C86E4: 5. Household budget impact statements During the period that the emergency declared under section 3 is in effect, the Administrator of the Office of...

Evidence Chain:

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At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, Cost-of-living Emergency Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.

Key Policy Areas

Government Operations, Energy, Labor

Primary Purpose

This bill, Cost-of-living Emergency Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.

Policy Domains

Government Operations Energy Labor

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • federal agencies and legislative administrators
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federal agencies and legislative administrators:
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
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federal implementing agencies:

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Mar 27, 2026

Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition …

Mar 27, 2026

Introduced in House

Mar 27, 2026

Mr. Deluzio introduced the following bill; which was referred to …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Government Operations Energy Labor
Actor Mappings
"the_commission"
→ The commission identified in the operative section
"the_administrator"
→ The Administrator identified in the operative section

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

1 term
"covered agency head" §H2D73FA85E5D742A4AC309CFB8F2297FD

the head of an agency to whom the President delegated, under section 201(a) of Executive Order 13603 (77 Fed. Reg. 16651

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