Social Security Lump-Sum Death Benefit Improvement and Modernization Act of 2015

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1109.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. MIMI WALTERS of California, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 33, February 26, 2015, Page H1371):
  the Spending Clause in Article I, Section 8, of the Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 26, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  65 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1109, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1109

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 12, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ab1e6e7fb8b8cfdf22b96d097e5f5be27b0a544b6b8b26522a05ca4434007507

  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. 1109, last updated August 12, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.