House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Social Security Administration Fairness Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 27, 2018
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 10, 2018 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6251.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 108, June 27, 2018, Page H5816):Pursuant to Clause I of Section 8 of Article I of the United States Constitution and Amendment XVI of the United States Constitution, specifically clause 1 (relating to providing for the general welfare of the United States) and clause 18 (relating to the power to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the powers vested in Congress)Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 27, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 347 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6251, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6251
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 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 September 8, 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
36 cosponsors — 36 Democrats
0 of 36 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Robert Brady (D-PA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Michael Capuano (D-MA), André Carson (D-IN), David Cicilline (D-RI), Danny Davis (D-IL), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), John Garamendi (D-CA), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Gene Green (D-TX), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Brian Higgins (D-NY), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Ron Kind (D-WI), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), James McGovern (D-MA), Jerry McNerney (D-CA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Grace Napolitano (D-CA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Donald Payne (D-NJ) and 6 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. John Larson.
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- H.R. 1902 (115th) Social Security 2100 Act
- H.R. 3140 (115th) ACTION for National Service Act
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- H.R. 4209 (115th) America Wins 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.