House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 11, 2013
- Committee actionMar 20, 2013
- Passed HouseJun 12, 2013 · 423–0
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 13, 2013 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1038.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1038, Public Power Risk Management Act of 2013” on April 3, 2013. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Agriculture on March 20, 2013”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 3, 2013 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/44052
- CBO publication date
- April 3, 2013
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1038, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1038
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 113-107 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Agriculture Committee on June 12, 2013.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 12, 2013 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/107
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1038, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1038
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
761f03113a1cd63405c789a60bc8ff69276823c4b09a694feee5944ddbb25021
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LaMALFA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1330):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution, as this legislation regulates commerce with foreign nations, between the states, and with Indian Tribes.Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 170 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1038, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1038
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
761f03113a1cd63405c789a60bc8ff69276823c4b09a694feee5944ddbb25021
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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
42 cosponsors — 20 Republicans, 22 Democrats
22 of 42 cosponsors (52%) are from the other party.
Dan Benishek (R-MI), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Lois Capps (D-CA), Judy Chu (D-CA), K. Conaway (R-TX), Jim Costa (D-CA), Eric Crawford (R-AR), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Jeff Denham (R-CA), Renee Ellmers (R-NC), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), John Garamendi (D-CA), Cory Gardner (R-CO), Bob Gibbs (R-OH), Alan Grayson (D-FL), Tim Griffin (R-AR), Richard Hanna (R-NY), Vicky Hartzler (R-MO), Doc Hastings (R-WA), Michael Honda (D-CA), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Walter Jones (R-NC), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO), Doris Matsui (D-CA), Tom McClintock (R-CA), Jerry McNerney (D-CA) and 12 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Doug LaMalfa.
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- H.R. 4300 (113th) Sacramento Valley Water Storage and Restoration Act of 2014
- H.R. 3315 (113th) Agricultural Structures Building Act of 2013
- H.R. 5677 (113th) Federal Wildland Firefighter Classification Act
- H.Res. 732 (113th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that mandates imposed on manufacturers requiring inclusion of unproven and unreliable…
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.