House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Blind Americans Return to Work Act of 2025
Official title: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to require the Commissioner of Social Security to carry out a demonstration project relating to disability benefits of blind individuals.
Sponsor: Rep. Pete Sessions R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 10, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 10, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1175.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SESSIONS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 27, February 10, 2025, Page H614):Article I, Section 8, clause 3 (Commerce Clause)Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 10, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 48 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1175, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1175
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 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 19, 2026). 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
54 cosponsors — 20 Republicans, 34 Democrats
34 of 54 cosponsors (63%) are from the other party.
Becca Balint (D-VT), Stephanie Bice (R-OK), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Janelle Bynum (D-OR), Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), Jim Costa (D-CA), Jeff Crank (R-CO), Jason Crow (D-CO), Sharice Davids (D-KS), Chuck Edwards (R-NC), Cleo Fields (D-LA), Randy Fine (R-FL), John Garamendi (D-CA), Jared Golden (D-ME), Maggie Goodlander (D-NH), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Michael Guest (R-MS), Abraham Hamadeh (R-AZ), Josh Harder (D-CA), Mike Haridopolos (R-FL), Steny Hoyer (D-MD), Glenn Ivey (D-MD), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Greg Landsman (D-OH), Sarah McBride (D-DE), Kweisi Mfume (D-MD) and 24 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Pete Sessions.
- H.R. 5125 (119th) District of Columbia Judicial Nominations Reform Act of 2025
- H.R. 8312 (119th) Fraud Prevention and Accountability Act
- H.R. 3420 (119th) Words Matter Act of 2025
- H.R. 2277 (119th) FACT Act
- H.R. 8290 (119th) China Exchange Rate Accountability Act of 2026
- H.R. 4863 (119th) Fairness for Khobar Act of 2025
Related bills
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 24, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.