the General Assembly shall be increased by an annual cost-of-
living adjustment calculated by applying the percentage change
in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, reenacted
November 16, 2005 (P.L.385, No.72), (CPI-U) for the
Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland area, for the
most recent 12-month period for which figures have been
officially reported by the United States Department of Labor,
Bureau of Labor Statistics immediately prior to the date the
adjustment is due to take effect, to the then current salary
amounts. The percentage increase and the new salary amounts
shall be determined jointly by the Chief Clerk of the Senate and
the Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives prior to the
annual effective date of the adjustment and shall be published
by them in the Pennsylvania Bulletin within ten days of the date
such determination is made.
(d.1) Subsequent annual cost-of-living adjustment for
officers and leaders.--For the 12-month period beginning
December 1, 1997, through November 30, 1998, and for each like
12-month period thereafter until November 30, 2020, the
additional compensation of the officers and leaders of the
General Assembly shall be increased by an annual cost-of-living
adjustment calculated by applying the percentage change in the
Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for the
Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland area, for the
most recent 12-month period for which figures have been
officially reported by the United States Department of Labor,
Bureau of Labor Statistics immediately prior to the date the
adjustment is due to take effect, to the then current
compensation. The percentage increase and the new compensation
amounts shall be determined jointly by the Chief Clerk of the
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