Social Security Expansion Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1046.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 30, February 14, 2023, Page H842):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 The single subject of this legislation is: Social Security By Mr. SMITH of Washington H.R. 1047. Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1 Section 8. The single subject of this legislation is: Aviation.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 14, 2023 ↗

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  278 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1046, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1046

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c7f428e0a01edb2c7d58d552ff88d1e3dfbb7aefa222e5d9797f9075e7897ff2

  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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