House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on Acid Orange 116.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 11, 2013
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 11, 2013 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1059.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WATT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1331):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution, the Taxing and Spending Clause: ``The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States . . .''Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 285 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1059, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1059
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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 April 7, 2025). 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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Melvin Watt.
- H.R. 3219 (113th) Free Market Royalty Act
- H.R. 1042 (113th) To suspend temporarily the duty on Direct Red 243.
- H.R. 1043 (113th) To extend the temporary suspension of duty on Disperse Blue 60.
- H.R. 1044 (113th) To extend the temporary suspension of duty on Disperse Blue 79:1.
- H.R. 1045 (113th) To suspend temporarily the duty on Disperse Blue 291:1.
- H.R. 1046 (113th) To suspend temporarily the duty on Disperse Orange 29.
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.