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| 2 | 2 | 119THCONGRESS | |
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| 4 | 4 | STSESSION H. R. 1038 | |
| 5 | 5 | To direct the Bureau of Labor Statistics to prepare and publish a Consumer | |
| 6 | 6 | Price Index for Rural Consumers, and for other purposes. | |
| 7 | 7 | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES | |
| 8 | 8 | FEBRUARY5, 2025 | |
| 9 | 9 | Mr. V | |
| 10 | 10 | ASQUEZ(for himself and Mr. FITZPATRICK) introduced the following | |
| 11 | 11 | bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce | |
| 12 | 12 | A BILL | |
| 13 | 13 | To direct the Bureau of Labor Statistics to prepare and | |
| 14 | 14 | publish a Consumer Price Index for Rural Consumers, | |
| 15 | 15 | and for other purposes. | |
| 16 | 16 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 | |
| 17 | 17 | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 | |
| 18 | 18 | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 | |
| 19 | 19 | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Combating Rural In-4 | |
| 20 | 20 | flation Act’’. 5 | |
| 21 | 21 | SEC. 2. CONSUMER PRICE INDEX FOR RURAL CONSUMERS. 6 | |
| 22 | 22 | The Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department 7 | |
| 23 | 23 | of Labor shall prepare and publish an index for each cal-8 | |
| 24 | 24 | endar month beginning with January 2026 to be known 9 | |
| 25 | 25 | as the ‘‘Consumer Price Index for Rural Consumers’’ that 10 | |
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| 29 | 29 | indicates changes over time in expenditures for consump-1 | |
| 30 | 30 | tion which are typical for individuals in the United States 2 | |
| 31 | 31 | who reside in rural communities. 3 | |
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