House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Purple Heart Freedom to Work Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 28, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 28, 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1841.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 56, March 28, 2023, Page H1529):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to establish a disability benefit offset for Purple Heart recipients.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 28, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 222 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1841, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1841
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 13, 2024
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 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 13, 2024). 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
32 cosponsors — 25 Republicans, 7 Democrats
7 of 32 cosponsors (22%) are from the other party.
Rick Allen (R-GA), Don Bacon (R-NE), Earl Carter (R-GA), John Carter (R-TX), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Eric Crawford (R-AR), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Pat Fallon (R-TX), Scott Franklin (R-FL), Marjorie Greene (R-GA), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Trent Kelly (R-MS), Andy Kim (D-NJ), Debbie Lesko (R-AZ), Barry Loudermilk (R-GA), Richard McCormick (R-GA), Patrick McHenry (R-NC), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), August Pfluger (R-TX), Mike Rogers (R-AL), David Rouzer (R-NC), David Scott (D-GA), Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), Glenn Thompson (R-PA), Michael Turner (R-OH), Michael Waltz (R-FL), Robert Wittman (R-VA) and 2 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Austin Scott.
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 14, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.