House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Social Security Identity Defense Act of 2013
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 28, 2013
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 28, 2013 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 926.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PETRI, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H817):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 which, in part, states: The Congress shall have Power to lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, . . . and the Sixteenth Amendment which states: The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 381 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 926, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/926
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 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 August 12, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 926, last updated August 12, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 23, 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
6 cosponsors — 6 Republicans
0 of 6 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
John Duncan (R-TN), Michael Grimm (R-NY), Walter Jones (R-NC), Candice Miller (R-MI), Paul Ryan (R-WI), F. Sensenbrenner (R-WI).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Tom Petri.
- H.R. 2353 (113th) To amend title 23, United States Code, with respect to the operation of vehicles on certain Wisconsin highways, and for other purposes.
- H.Con.Res. 112 (113th) Providing for a conditional adjournment of the House of Representatives and a conditional recess or adjournment of the Senate.
- H.R. 3505 (113th) TEACH Act
- H.R. 347 (113th) 21st Century Readiness Act
- H.R. 632 (113th) Voluntary Protection Program Act
- H.R. 1716 (113th) ExCEL Act of 2013
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 23, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.