[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 20, Volume 2] [Revised as of April 1, 2004] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 20CFR404.270] [Page 88] TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS CHAPTER III--SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION PART 404_FEDERAL OLD-AGE, SURVIVORS AND DISABILITY INSURANCE (1950 ) --Table of Contents Subpart C_Computing Primary Insurance Amounts Sec. 404.270 Cost-of-living increases. Your primary insurance amount may be automatically increased each December so it keeps up with rises in the cost of living. These automatic increases also apply to other benefit amounts, as described in Sec. 404.271. [47 FR 30734, July 15, 1982, as amended at 51 FR 12603, Apr. 14, 1986]