House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
To prohibit the use of drones to kill citizens of the United States within the United States.
Sponsor: Rep. Reid Ribble R-WIWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 18, 2013
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 15, 2013 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1242.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. RIBBLE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1568):Amendment 5 of the U.S. Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 3, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 37 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1242, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1242
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 3, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
cb399b12b8c4dcc7871056286dfa58326e926320890f1261d17a671e4438a5a7
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 December 3, 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
31 cosponsors — 31 Republicans
0 of 31 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Andy Barr (R-KY), Dan Benishek (R-MI), Kerry Bentivolio (R-MI), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Tom Cole (R-OK), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), John Culberson (R-TX), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Bill Flores (R-TX), Trent Franks (R-AZ), Cory Gardner (R-CO), Louie Gohmert (R-TX), Ralph Hall (R-TX), Andy Harris (R-MD), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Sam Johnson (R-TX), Walter Jones (R-NC), Doug LaMalfa (R-CA), Raul Labrador (R-ID), Tom Latham (R-IA), Kenny Marchant (R-TX), Tom McClintock (R-CA), Mark Meadows (R-NC), Alan Nunnelee (R-MS), Tom Petri (R-WI), Joseph Pitts (R-PA), David Roe (R-TN), Matt Salmon (R-AZ), Daniel Webster (R-FL) and 1 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Reid Ribble.
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- H.R. 1869 (113th) Biennial Budgeting and Enhanced Oversight Act of 2014
- H.R. 5071 (113th) Agricultural Conservation Flexibility Act of 2014
- H.Con.Res. 52 (113th) Expressing the sense of Congress that the Federal excise tax on heavy-duty trucks should not be increased.
- H.R. 816 (113th) Sequestration Flexibility Act of 2013
- H.R. 2894 (113th) No Health Care for Life for Congress Act of 2013
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.