House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 11, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 17, 2024 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 281.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. COLE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 9, January 11, 2023, Page H205):Article 1, Section 8, Clauses 1 and 18Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 11, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 38 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 281, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/281
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 27, 2025
- 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 May 27, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 281, last updated May 27, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
2 cosponsors — 2 Republicans
0 of 2 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
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Related bills
- H.R. 9187 (119th) Bipartisan Social Security Commission Act of 2026Cross-Congress related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
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.