House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Retired Pay Restoration Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 18, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 25, 2011 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 303.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BILIRAKIS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H255):The constitutional authority of Congress to enact this legislation is provided by Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution (Clauses 12, 13, 14, and 16), which grants Congress the power to raise and support an Army; to provide and maintain a Navy; to make rules for the government and regulation of the land and naval forces; and to provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining the militia.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 407 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 303, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/303
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 14, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
94f1e837bf1729d0cd3c1b15fe8e6636e8597bef9896c4a275fd11ddfafc34cc
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. 303, 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
105 cosponsors — 53 Republicans, 52 Democrats
52 of 105 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
W. Akin (R-MO), Jason Altmire (D-PA), Mark Amodei (R-NV), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), John Barrow (D-GA), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Dan Benishek (R-MI), Rick Berg (R-ND), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Judy Biggert (R-IL), Rob Bishop (R-UT), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Jo Bonner (R-AL), Dan Boren (D-OK), Leonard Boswell (D-IA), Mo Brooks (R-AL), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Dan Burton (R-IN), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Russ Carnahan (D-MO), John Carter (R-TX), Ben Chandler (D-KY), Judy Chu (D-CA), Mike Coffman (R-CO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Tom Cole (R-OK), John Conyers (D-MI), Jerry Costello (D-IL) and 75 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Gus Bilirakis.
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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.