Protecting Married Seniors from Impoverishment Act of 2021

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1717.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. UPTON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 44, March 9, 2021, Page H1190):
  The constitutional authority of Congress to enact this legislation is provided by Article I, section 8 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 9, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  137 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1717, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/1717

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  40ba9e863d604cfaf8dd672c5c3a4d89bd122fd6161f1f53138777aaf7c6417c

  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 April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1717, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 16, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.