Social Security Fairness Act of 2017

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1205.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 31, February 21, 2017, Page H1316):
  Article I, Section 9, Clause 7, giving Congress the authority to control the expenditures of the federal government.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 21, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  116 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1205, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1205

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2abc84c6b1996018a58f4966e58e28295ee54bca0d660acbbec27029edfc7481

  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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1205, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 21, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.