House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
To redesignate the Department of the Navy as the Department of the Navy and Marine Corps.
Sponsor: Rep. Walter Jones R-NCWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 3, 2013
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 3, 2013 — Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 124.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 124, a bill to redesignate the Department of the Navy as the Department of the Navy and Marine Corps” on February 1, 2013. CBO’s description reads “As introduced in the House of Representatives on January 3, 2013”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 1, 2013 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/43876
- CBO publication date
- February 1, 2013
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 124, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/124
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
92eb2facf6350020463a8888d9626960359889ca3c9ad4ed34604f9c713261e8
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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. JONES, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H37):The constitutional authority of Congress to enact this legislation is provided by Article 1, section 8 of the United States Constitution (clauses 12, 13, 14, and 16), which grants Congress the power to raise and support an Army; to provide and maintain a Navy; to make rules for the government and regulation of the land and naval forces; and to provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining the militia.Source: Congress.gov, record updated June 6, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 407 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 124, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/124
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
92eb2facf6350020463a8888d9626960359889ca3c9ad4ed34604f9c713261e8
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 committee report (as of June 6, 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
33 cosponsors — 14 Republicans, 19 Democrats
19 of 33 cosponsors (58%) are from the other party.
Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Paul Broun (R-GA), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Howard Coble (R-NC), Mike Coffman (R-CO), Tom Cole (R-OK), John Conyers (D-MI), James Cooper (D-TN), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Michael Grimm (R-NY), Rush Holt (D-NJ), Michael Honda (D-CA), John Kline (R-MN), Robert Latta (R-OH), Daniel Lipinski (D-IL), Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ), David Loebsack (D-IA), Mike McIntyre (D-NC), Michael Michaud (D-ME), Steven Palazzo (R-MS), David Price (D-NC), Martha Roby (R-AL), Bobby Rush (D-IL), Tim Ryan (D-OH), Michael Simpson (R-ID) and 3 more.
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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.