House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Senior Citizens’ Freedom to Work Act of 2026
Official title: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to repeal the retirement earnings test, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Gregory Murphy R-NCWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 16, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 16, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8344.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MURPHY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 67, April 16, 2026, Page H2961):Clause 1 of section 8 of article I of the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 16, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 54 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8344, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8344
- 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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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
4 cosponsors — 4 Republicans
0 of 4 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Diana Harshbarger (R-TN), Lloyd Smucker (R-PA), Claudia Tenney (R-NY), Beth Van Duyne (R-TX).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Gregory Murphy.
- H.R. 1491 (119th) Disaster Related Extension of Deadlines Act
- H.R. 6504 (119th) Haiti Economic Lift Program Extension Act
- H.R. 4931 (119th) National Park System Long-Term Lease Investment Act
- H.R. 8163 (119th) Provider Reimbursement Stability Act of 2026
- H.R. 1336 (119th) Veterans National Traumatic Brain Injury Treatment Act
- H.R. 9504 (119th) Tax Exempt Hospital Transparency Act
Related bills
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.