House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Social Security Administration Accountability Act of 2012
Sponsor: Rep. Brian Higgins D-NYWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 17, 2012
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 24, 2012 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4082.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HIGGINS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H944):Article 1, Section 8 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 54 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4082, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/4082
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 14, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4fa135a6c3e3e9ff46012b11be62cb4c1d74b5f59f526fbdddcdb6b0be8fd384
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.
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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
15 cosponsors — 15 Democrats
0 of 15 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Joe Baca (D-CA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), Tim Holden (D-PA), Rush Holt (D-NJ), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Jim McDermott (D-WA), James McGovern (D-MA), Mike McIntyre (D-NC), James Moran (D-VA), John Olver (D-MA), Pedro Pierluisi (D-PR), Laura Richardson (D-CA), Adam Smith (D-WA).
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Brian Higgins.
- H.R. 3556 (112th) To designate the new United States courthouse in Buffalo, New York, as the "Robert H. Jackson United States Courthouse".
- H.R. 2746 (112th) Cancer Drug Coverage Parity Act of 2011
- H.R. 1428 (112th) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the Renewal Community program through end of 2012.
- H.R. 4022 (112th) Structured Settlement Claimants Rights Act of 2012
- H.R. 4352 (112th) Nation Building Here at Home Act of 2012
- H.R. 2177 (112th) PASS 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.