House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Retirement Freedom Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 18, 2021
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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Latest action: Feb 18, 2021 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1166.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PALMER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 31, February 18, 2021, Page H538):Article 1. Section 8. Clause 18Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 18, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 31 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1166, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/1166
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2124699c9be853423ae4e7edaec2aa9dcb10a707e2be395ca3a43f8900c11775
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.
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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
6 cosponsors — 6 Republicans
0 of 6 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Mo Brooks (R-AL), Jerry Carl (R-AL), Michael Cloud (R-TX), Ashley Hinson (R-IA), Ralph Norman (R-SC), Chip Roy (R-TX).
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 16, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.