House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Protecting U.S. Missile Defense Information Act of 2013
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 13, 2013
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 26, 2013 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1128.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BROOKS of Alabama, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1397):Article I, Section 8. The Congress shall have the power to . . . make rules for the Government and Regulation of land and naval Forces . . . To make all laws this shall be necessary and proper. . . .Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 199 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1128, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1128
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
90976d4a07b1c620c8655d53cbc2e6899d17ec81269e4e61824a9d80e43eaba3
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 August 12, 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
12 cosponsors — 12 Republicans
0 of 12 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Jo Bonner (R-AL), Jim Bridenstine (R-OK), John Culberson (R-TX), Trent Franks (R-AZ), Bill Johnson (R-OH), Walter Jones (R-NC), Doug Lamborn (R-CO), Martha Roby (R-AL), Mike Rogers (R-AL), Michael Turner (R-OH).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mo Brooks.
- H.R. 3625 (113th) To provide for termination liability costs for certain National Aeronautics and Space Administration projects, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 2458 (113th) To terminate any Federal employee who refuses to answer questions or gives false testimony in a congressional hearing.
- H.J.Res. 94 (113th) Making continuing appropriations for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for fiscal year 2014, and for other purposes.
- H.Res. 757 (113th) Providing for authority to initiate litigation for actions by the President or other executive branch officials inconsistent with their…
- H.R. 2099 (113th) To provide for an accounting of total United States contributions to the United Nations.
- H.R. 5023 (113th) VALUES Act
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.