House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
SSI Savings Penalty Elimination Act
Official title: To amend title XVI of the Social Security Act to update the resource limit for supplemental security income eligibility.
Sponsor: Rep. Danny Davis D-ILWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 1, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 1, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2540.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 58, April 1, 2025, Pages H1404-H1405):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution: To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the powers enumerated under section 8 and all other Powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 1, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 300 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2540, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2540
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 6, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 7, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of October 6, 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
41 cosponsors — 21 Republicans, 20 Democrats
21 of 41 cosponsors (51%) are from the other party.
Don Bacon (R-NE), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Warren Davidson (R-OH), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Christopher Deluzio (D-PA), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Steven Horsford (D-NV), John James (R-MI), Dusty Johnson (R-SD), Thomas Kean (R-NJ), Young Kim (R-CA), Nick LaLota (R-NY), Nicholas Langworthy (R-NY), John Larson (D-CT), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Seth Magaziner (D-RI), Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Brittany Pettersen (D-CO), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Josh Riley (D-NY) and 11 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Danny Davis.
- H.R. 7529 (119th) Fresh Starts for Foster Youth Act
- H.R. 6181 (119th) John Lewis Every Child Deserves a Family Act
- H.R. 5356 (119th) National Infrastructure Bank Act of 2025
- H.R. 2994 (119th) Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit Enhancement Act of 2025
- H.R. 2595 (119th) Building Child Care for a Better Future Act
- H.Res. 1432 (119th) Of inquiry requesting the President and directing the Secretary of Health and Human Services to transmit, respectively, certain documents…
Related bills
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 7, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.