House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
SEC Regulatory Accountability Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 12, 2013
- Committee actionMay 7, 2013
- Passed HouseMay 17, 2013 · 235–161
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 20, 2013 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1062.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 113-53 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Financial Services Committee on May 13, 2013.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 13, 2013 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/53
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1062, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1062
- 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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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GARRETT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1357):Article I, Section 8, Clauses 1 (``The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defense and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States''), 3 (``To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes''), and 18 (``To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof').Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
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- 653 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1062, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1062
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9649b82d12b00ea6b0d8098835ac0bf287ff6f5defe36b56618b4cb485960553
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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
23 cosponsors — 23 Republicans
0 of 23 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Michele Bachmann (R-MN), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Andy Barr (R-KY), John Campbell (R-CA), K. Conaway (R-TX), Tom Cotton (R-AR), Stephen Fincher (R-TN), Michael Grimm (R-NY), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Randy Hultgren (R-IL), Robert Hurt (R-VA), Peter King (R-NY), John Kline (R-MN), Patrick McHenry (R-NC), Gary Miller (R-CA), Mick Mulvaney (R-SC), Randy Neugebauer (R-TX), Stevan Pearce (R-NM), Robert Pittenger (R-NC), Dennis Ross (R-FL), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Marlin Stutzman (R-IN), Ann Wagner (R-MO).
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.