House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMay 11, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 17, 2024 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Work and Welfare.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3261.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. SANCHEZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 80, May 11, 2023, Page H2313):Article 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: To ensure increased benefits for Social Security recipients and improve the financial condition of the Trust Fund.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 11, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 178 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3261, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3261
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 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 July 21, 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
9 cosponsors — 9 Democrats
0 of 9 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Linda Sánchez.
- H.R. 6031 (118th) Safe Schools Improvement Act
- H.Res. 1355 (118th) Expressing support for the designation of July 10th as Journeyman Lineworkers Recognition Day.
- H.Res. 580 (118th) Expressing support for the designation of Journeyman Lineworkers Recognition Day.
- H.R. 3194 (118th) U.S. Citizenship Act
- H.R. 4752 (118th) Concentrating on High-value Alzheimer's Needs to Get to an End Act of 2023
- H.R. 1259 (118th) HITS Act
Related bills
- H.R. 9296 (119th) Strengthening Social Security 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.