1. Short title This Act may be cited as the COVID–19 Emergency Social Security Cost of Living Increase Act of 2020 . 2. Emergency cost-of-living increase (a) In general Effective with the month of November 2020, the Commissioner of Social Security shall increase each of the amounts described in subclauses (I) through (III) of section 215(i)(2)(A)(ii) of the Social Security Act by not less than 3 percent. (b) Treatment of increase For purposes of applying subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 215(i)(1) of the Social Security Act in calendar year 2020, the increase under subsection (a) shall be treated as a general benefit increase under title II of the Social Security Act. 3. Computation of cost-of-living increases based on Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers (a) In general Section 215(i)(1) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 415(i)(1) ) is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (H) the term Consumer Price Index means the Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers (CPI–E, as published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor). . (b) Application to pre-1979 law (1) In general Section 215(i)(1) of the Social Security Act as in effect in December 1978, and as applied in certain cases under the provisions of such Act as in effect after December 1978, is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (D) the term Consumer Price Index means the Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers (CPI–E, as published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor). . (2) Conforming change Section 215(i)(4) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 415(i)(4) ) is amended— (A) by striking and by section 9001 and inserting , section 9001