House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Eunice Kennedy Shriver Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 6, 2013
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 23, 2013 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1008.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HOYER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1321):Congress has the power to enact the Eunice Kennedy Shriver Act pursuant to Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, record updated March 23, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 151 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1008, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1008
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
190668e165b22d082303f7ab6afbe76e28a9e654e07255680985e09f47dd0562
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 March 23, 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
104 cosponsors — 14 Republicans, 90 Democrats
14 of 104 cosponsors (13%) are from the other party.
Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Michael Capuano (D-MA), John Carney (D-DE), André Carson (D-IN), John Carter (R-TX), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Donna Christensen (D-VI), David Cicilline (D-RI), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Howard Coble (R-NC), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), John Conyers (D-MI), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Danny Davis (D-IL), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), John Delaney (D-MD), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Donna Edwards (D-MD), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Sam Farr (D-CA), John Garamendi (D-CA), Al Green (D-TX) and 74 more.
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 23, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.