H.R. 2540 · 119th Congress

SSI Savings Penalty Elimination Act

Introduced on Apr 1, 2025 by Danny K. Davis (D-IL-7). 41 cosponsors, 21 of them from another party. Latest action (Apr 1, 2025): Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Apr 1, 2025
Cosponsors
41
21 from the other party
Policy area
Social Welfare
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Progress

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  1. Introduced
  2. 2Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

To amend title XVI of the Social Security Act to update the resource limit for supplemental security income eligibility.

Summary

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Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Danny K. DavisD-IL-7Sponsor

Democrats · 20

Republicans · 21

Roll calls

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No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

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  1. Apr 1, 2025Introduced in House
  2. Apr 1, 2025Introduced in House
  3. Apr 1, 2025 · HouseReferred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO PRESERVE SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE12 reports
    $1.2M reported (all issues)
  2. NATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF SOCIAL SECURITY CLAIMANTS' REPRESENTATIVES9 reports
    $370K reported (all issues)
  3. AARP6 reports
    $28.8M reported (all issues)
  4. American Academy of Pediatrics6 reports
    $2.1M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS$442.6K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  5. CURE SMA6 reports
    $450K reported (all issues)
  6. National Alliance on Mental Illness6 reports
    $80K reported (all issues)
  7. PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA6 reports
    $572.6K reported (all issues)
  8. THE ARC OF THE UNITED STATES6 reports
    $310K reported (all issues)
  9. Melwood Inc., (formerly known as Melwood HTC)5 reports
    $60K reported (all issues)
  10. National Council of Jewish Women5 reports
    $50K reported (all issues)
  11. Autism Speaks4 reports
    $110K reported (all issues)
  12. National Down Syndrome Society4 reports
    $200K reported (all issues)
  13. ALLIANCE FOR EXPANDING AMERICA'S WORKFORCE2 reports
    $20K reported (all issues)
  14. Chamber of Commerce of the U.S.A.2 reports
    $31.6M reported (all issues)
  15. Easterseals, Inc.2 reports
    $15.2K reported (all issues)
  16. THE JEWISH FEDERATIONS OF NORTH AMERICA2 reports
    $430.5K reported (all issues)
  17. Melwood HTC1 report
    $20K reported (all issues)
  18. SourceAmerica1 report
    $150K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: SOURCEAMERICA$11.8M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 99%

Reports filed in 2025, 2026.

Sources and method

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  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.