House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Supplemental Security Income Equality Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 15, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 29, 2015 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1822.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PIERLUISI, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 54, April 15, 2015, Page H2270):The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is the power of the Congress to provide for the general welfare of the United States, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution; to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution such power, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution; and to make rules and regulations respecting the U.S. territories, as enumerated in Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 of the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 15, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 522 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1822, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1822
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- 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 August 12, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1822, 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.
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
4 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 3 Democrats
1 of 4 cosponsors (25%) are from the other party.
Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Stacey Plaskett (D-VI), Aumua Amata Radewagen (R-AS), Gregorio Sablan (D-MP).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Pedro Pierluisi.
- H.R. 727 (114th) Puerto Rico Statehood Admission Process Act
- H.R. 870 (114th) Puerto Rico Chapter 9 Uniformity Act of 2015
- H.R. 2635 (114th) Improving the Treatment of the U.S. Territories Under Federal Health Programs Act of 2015
- H.R. 4163 (114th) Territories Medicare Prescription Drug Assistance Equity Act of 2015
- H.Res. 499 (114th) Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to allow Delegates and the Resident Commissioner to file, sign, and call up discharge…
- H.R. 3552 (114th) Child Tax Credit Equity for Puerto Rico Act of 2015
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.