House bill · 113th Congress · Public Law 113-187
Presidential and Federal Records Act Amendments of 2014
Became law on Nov 26, 2014.
Sponsor: Rep. Elijah Cummings D-MDWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 18, 2013
- Committee actionMar 20, 2013
- Passed HouseJan 14, 2014 · 420–0
- Passed SenateSep 10, 2014 · by unanimous consent
- Resolving differencesNov 12, 2014
- To the PresidentNov 17, 2014
- Became lawNov 26, 2014
Latest action: Nov 26, 2014 — Became Public Law No: 113-187.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1233.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1233, Presidential and Federal Records Act Amendments of 2014” on June 6, 2014. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on May 21, 2014”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 6, 2014 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/45431
- CBO publication date
- June 6, 2014
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1233, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1233
- 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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- Committee reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: S. Rept. 113-218 ↗; H. Rept. 113-127 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 23, 2014 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/SRPT/218
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/127 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1233, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1233
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
997cef64f7138b1882807ae5b46a809530701c439e3a661b36a0a09c21596b82
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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. CUMMINGS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1568):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution of the United States grants the Congress the power to enact this law.Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 121 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1233, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1233
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
997cef64f7138b1882807ae5b46a809530701c439e3a661b36a0a09c21596b82
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1233, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 23, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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. Elijah Cummings.
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.