House bill · 118th Congress · Public Law 118-273
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 9, 2023
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseNov 12, 2024 · 327–75
- Passed SenateDec 21, 2024 · 76–20
- To the PresidentDec 27, 2024
- Became lawJan 5, 2025
Latest action: Jan 5, 2025 — Became Public Law No: 118-273.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 82.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 82, Social Security Fairness Act of 2023” on September 9, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As introduced in the House of Representatives on January 9, 2023”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 9, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60690
- CBO publication date
- September 9, 2024
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 82, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/82
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 17, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GRAVES of Louisiana, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 7, January 9, 2023, Page H109):Article 1, Section 9, Clause 7, giving Congress the authority to control the expenditures of the federal government.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 9, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 116 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 82, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/82
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 17, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
44fcc96b3ae3fdeaf9035e1f36ae1b23ae46230b9b70ba4ffc49af98da18ee33
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 committee report (as of July 17, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 82, last updated July 17, 2026. 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
330 cosponsors — 119 Republicans, 210 Democrats, 1 independent
210 of 330 cosponsors (64%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Mark Alford (R-MO), Colin Allred (D-TX), Gabe Amo (D-RI), Kelly Armstrong (R-ND), Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), Don Bacon (R-NE), Troy Balderson (R-OH), Becca Balint (D-VT), Jim Banks (R-IN), Andy Barr (R-KY), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Ami Bera (D-CA), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Stephanie Bice (R-OK), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Lauren Boebert (R-CO), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Mike Bost (R-IL), Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Shontel Brown (D-OH), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), Michael Burgess (R-TX) and 300 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Garret Graves.
- H.R. 2872 (118th) Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes.
- H.Res. 1611 (118th) Providing for the printing of a revised edition of the Rules and Manual of the House of Representatives for the One Hundred Nineteenth…
- H.R. 5840 (118th) Transportation Security Screening Modernization Act of 2024
- H.R. 5616 (118th) BRIDGE Production Act of 2023
- H.R. 3356 (118th) Motor Carrier Safety Screening Modernization Act
- H.R. 8728 (118th) State-Managed Disaster Relief Act
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.