House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Seniors' Tax Simplification Act of 2011
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 14, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 14, 2011 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1058.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FLEMING, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1796):The constitutional authority of Congress to enact this legislation is provided by Amendment 16 of the U.S. Constitution, which grants Congress the power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration.Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 316 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1058, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1058
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1058, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 25, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
98 cosponsors — 63 Republicans, 35 Democrats
35 of 98 cosponsors (36%) are from the other party.
Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Steve Austria (R-OH), Michele Bachmann (R-MN), John Barrow (D-GA), Karen Bass (D-CA), Rob Bishop (R-UT), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Dan Boren (D-OK), Leonard Boswell (D-IA), Charles Boustany (R-LA), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Dan Burton (R-IN), Shelley Capito (R-WV), Russ Carnahan (D-MO), John Carney (D-DE), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Ben Chandler (D-KY), Hansen Clarke (D-MI), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Chip Cravaack (R-MN), Mark Critz (D-PA), John Culberson (R-TX), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), John Duncan (R-TN), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Blake Farenthold (R-TX), Bill Flores (R-TX), Trent Franks (R-AZ) and 68 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. John Fleming.
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- H.J.Res. 3 (112th) Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to parental rights.
- H.R. 3009 (112th) National Wildlife Refuge Review Act of 2011
- H.R. 118 (112th) STOP the FEDS Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 26, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.