House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
SSI Savings Penalty Elimination Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 12, 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. 5408.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HIGGINS of New York, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 147, September 12, 2023, Pages H4264-H4265):Article 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: Supplemental Security IncomeSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 12, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 92 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5408, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5408
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
35 cosponsors — 18 Republicans, 17 Democrats
18 of 35 cosponsors (51%) are from the other party.
Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-OR), Anthony D'Esposito (R-NY), Monica De La Cruz (R-TX), Christopher Deluzio (D-PA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Mike Garcia (R-CA), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Val Hoyle (D-OR), John James (R-MI), Dusty Johnson (R-SD), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Daniel Kildee (D-MI), Greg Landsman (D-OH), Rick Larsen (D-WA), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Mike Levin (D-CA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY), Tracey Mann (R-KS), Mary Miller (R-IL), Marcus Molinaro (R-NY), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Patrick Ryan (D-NY) and 5 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Brian Higgins.
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 15, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.