House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Small Business Tax Relief and Retirement Restoration Act of 2011
Sponsor: Rep. Niki Tsongas D-MAWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 15, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 15, 2011 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1661.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. TSONGAS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2916):Article I, Section 8, clause 1 (``The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises . . .''), and the 16th Amendment.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 151 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1661, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1661
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 14, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
187b06b62bb253e035c9b6ba76e07abcca3fe9ea6a3528146481634b1d06f6d5
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 August 14, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1661, last updated August 14, 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
8 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 6 Democrats
2 of 8 cosponsors (25%) are from the other party.
David Cicilline (D-RI), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Joe Courtney (D-CT), William Keating (D-MA), Dale Kildee (D-MI), Robert Latta (R-OH), Laura Richardson (D-CA), Michael Simpson (R-ID).
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Niki Tsongas.
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.