House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 7, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 14, 2011 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 219.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PAUL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H136):The constitutional authority for the Social Security Preservation Act is Article 1, Section 9, Clause 7 giving Congress the authority to control the expenditures of the federal government.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 188 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 219, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/219
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 14, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1c84021292362eda31c7ec8ccf3ff6491c6ec06570a728d3c660ffc384b85783
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. 219, 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
11 cosponsors — 11 Republicans
0 of 11 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Steve Austria (R-OH), Dan Benishek (R-MI), Steve Chabot (R-OH), John Duncan (R-TN), J. Forbes (R-VA), Bill Johnson (R-OH), Timothy Johnson (R-IL), Steven LaTourette (R-OH), Bill Posey (R-FL), Dennis Ross (R-FL), Steve Scalise (R-LA).
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ron Paul.
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- H.R. 1831 (112th) Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2011
- H.Con.Res. 31 (112th) Expressing the sense of Congress that the President is required to obtain in advance specific statutory authorization for the use of…
- H.R. 3785 (112th) To repeal section 1021 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012.
- H.R. 1830 (112th) To authorize the interstate traffic of unpasteurized milk and milk products that are packaged for direct human consumption.
- H.R. 6342 (112th) Compassionate Freedom of Choice Act of 2012
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.