Senate bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
SSI Extension for Elderly and Disabled Refugees Act of 2011
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedOct 17, 2011
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed SenateOct 17, 2011 · by voice vote
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 21, 2011 — Held at the desk.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1721.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “SSI Extension for Elderly and Disabled Refugees Act of 2011” on September 1, 2011. CBO’s description reads “The SSI Extension for Elderly and Disabled Refugees Act would extend refugees' and certain other aliens' eligibility for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) from seven years to nine years (and while a naturalization application is pending) during fiscal year 2012”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 1, 2011 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/42773
- CBO publication date
- September 1, 2011
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1721, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/s/1721
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of December 5, 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
5 cosponsors — 5 Democrats
0 of 5 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Al Franken (D-MN), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Robert Menendez (D-NJ).
More from the sponsor
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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.