House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Surviving Spouses Income Security Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedOct 24, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 24, 2017 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4106.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. SHEA-PORTER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 171, October 24, 2017, Page H8144):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 24, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4106, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4106
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 11, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 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 11, 2025). 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
9 cosponsors — 9 Democrats
0 of 9 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Julia Brownley (D-CA), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Beto O'Rourke (D-TX), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Mark Takano (D-CA), Mike Thompson (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Carol Shea-Porter.
- H.R. 2318 (115th) Military Spouse Hiring Act
- H.R. 4556 (115th) To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish dental care in the same manner as any other…
- H.R. 5606 (115th) Climate Change Education Act
- H.R. 5713 (115th) National Guard Promotion Accountability Act
- H.J.Res. 90 (115th) Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to clarify the authority of Congress and the States to regulate the…
- H.R. 3683 (115th) Student and Families Tax Reduction Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 22, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.