House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Protecting and Preserving Social Security Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 15, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 16, 2015 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1811.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DEUTCH, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 54, April 15, 2015, Page H2270):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 as interpreted by Steward Machine Company v. Davis and by Helvering v. Davis (``general welfare'' and general taxation).Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 15, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 151 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1811, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1811
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 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 March 23, 2026). 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
13 cosponsors — 13 Democrats
0 of 13 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Matt Cartwright (D-PA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Steve Cohen (D-TN), John Conyers (D-MI), Sam Farr (D-CA), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), James Langevin (D-RI), Jim McDermott (D-WA), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), John Sarbanes (D-MD), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Juan Vargas (D-CA), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL).
More from the sponsor
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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.