House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
SNAP Simplification for the Elderly Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedDec 1, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 21, 2017 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4521.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LAWSON of Florida, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 196, December 1, 2017, Page H9598):Article 1, Section 8: To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 1, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 254 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4521, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4521
- 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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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
23 cosponsors — 23 Democrats
0 of 23 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Charlie Crist (D-FL), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-NM), James McGovern (D-MA), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Darren Soto (D-FL), Peter Welch (D-VT), Frederica Wilson (D-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Al Lawson.
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- H.R. 3345 (115th) Veterans Jobs Opportunity Act
- H.R. 3875 (115th) College Student Hunger Act of 2017
- H.R. 3749 (115th) SNAP Standard Medical Expense Deduction Act of 2017
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.