House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Fair COLA for Seniors Act of 2021
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 1, 2021
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 7, 2021 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4315.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GARAMENDI, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 115, July 1, 2021, Page H3601):Clause l, Section 8, Article I of the U.S. ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 1, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 55 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4315, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/4315
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 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 June 6, 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
54 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 53 Democrats
1 of 54 cosponsors (2%) are from the other party.
Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Anthony Brown (D-MD), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Jason Crow (D-CO), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Josh Harder (D-CA), Kaiali'i Kahele (D-HI), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Andy Kim (D-NJ), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Rick Larsen (D-WA), Al Lawson (D-FL), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Lucy McBath (D-GA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), James McGovern (D-MA), Jerry McNerney (D-CA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Seth Moulton (D-MA) and 24 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. John Garamendi.
- H.R. 1456 (117th) Peace Corps Reauthorization Act of 2022
- H.R. 4996 (117th) Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2021
- H.R. 6059 (117th) Wildlife Conservation and Anti-Trafficking Act of 2021
- H.R. 2214 (117th) Military Retiree Survivor Comfort Act
- H.R. 1819 (117th) Energizing American Shipbuilding Act of 2021
- H.R. 1918 (117th) Student Loan Refinancing and Recalculation Act
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.