House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers Act of 2011
Sponsor: Rep. Charles Gonzalez D-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 26, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 4, 2011 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 456.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GONZALEZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H510):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1: ``The Congress shall have Power to lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States.''Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 6, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 297 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 456, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/456
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 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 6, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 456, last updated December 6, 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
36 cosponsors — 7 Republicans, 29 Democrats
7 of 36 cosponsors (19%) are from the other party.
Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Jason Altmire (D-PA), Ron Barber (D-AZ), Russ Carnahan (D-MO), André Carson (D-IN), Judy Chu (D-CA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Bob Filner (D-CA), Michael Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Barney Frank (D-MA), Marcia Fudge (D-OH), Gene Green (D-TX), Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), Jesse Jackson (D-IL), Timothy Johnson (R-IL), Walter Jones (R-NC), Dale Kildee (D-MI), Larry Kissell (D-NC), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), James McGovern (D-MA), Mike McIntyre (D-NC), David McKinley (R-WV), Patrick Meehan (R-PA), Michael Michaud (D-ME), William Owens (D-NY), Bill Pascrell (D-NJ), Donald Payne (D-NJ) and 6 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Charles Gonzalez.
- H.R. 1580 (112th) Medicare Beneficiary Preservation of Choice Act of 2011
- H.R. 1937 (112th) EAC Improvements Act of 2011
- H.R. 3383 (112th) Safe Transportation of Hazardous Materials Act of 2011
- H.R. 523 (112th) American Fuel Protection Act of 2011
- H.R. 2843 (112th) For the relief of Monica Elizondo.
- H.R. 3478 (112th) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend bond authority for those empowerment and enterprise zones with unused bond limitation…
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.