House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Social Security Fairness Act of 2011
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 1, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 7, 2011 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1332.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. McKEON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2267):The constitutional authority for the Social Security Fairness Act of 2011 is Article I, Section 9, Clause 7, giving Congress the authority to control the expenditures of the federal government.Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 193 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1332, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1332
- 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.
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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
170 cosponsors — 57 Republicans, 113 Democrats
113 of 170 cosponsors (66%) are from the other party.
Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Jason Altmire (D-PA), Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Joe Baca (D-CA), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), John Barrow (D-GA), Karen Bass (D-CA), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Howard Berman (D-CA), Judy Biggert (R-IL), Rob Bishop (R-UT), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Leonard Boswell (D-IA), Bruce Braley (D-IA), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Dan Burton (R-IN), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Lois Capps (D-CA), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Russ Carnahan (D-MO), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Ben Chandler (D-KY), Judy Chu (D-CA), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Jim Costa (D-CA) and 140 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Howard McKeon.
- H.R. 1540 (112th) National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012
- H.R. 4310 (112th) National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013
- H.R. 2467 (112th) Bridgeport Indian Colony Land Trust, Health, and Economic Development Act of 2012
- H.R. 2157 (112th) To facilitate a land exchange involving certain National Forest System lands in the Inyo National Forest, and for other purposes.
- H.Con.Res. 92 (112th) Directing the Clerk of the House of Representatives to correct the enrollment of the bill H.R. 1540.
- H.R. 1818 (112th) Mt. Andrea Lawrence Designation Act of 2011
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.