House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 19, 2013
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 9, 2013 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1248.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio, as printed in the Congressional Record (Pages H7252-H7253):According to Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution: The Congress shall have power to enact this legislation to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes. ADDITIONAL SPONSORS Under clause 7 of rule XII, sponsors were added to public bills and resolutions as follows: H.R. 120: Ms. Edwards. H.R. 259: Mr. Kingston. H.R. 270: Mr. Ellison and Mr. Honda. H.R. 274: Mr. Keating. H.R. 351: Mr. McKeon. H.R. 543: Mr. Bishop of New York. H.R. 647: Mr. Mulvaney, Mr. Austin Scott of Georgia, Mr. Collins of Georgia, and Ms. Jackson Lee. H.R. 669: Mrs. Christensen. H.R. 676: Ms. McCollum. H.R. 685: Mr. Vela, Mr. Messer, Mr. Duncan of…Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 3,716 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1248, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1248
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
5ed7f17562c1392fdbe9510006e79413bc3df09eeb0ffb8022d0b6709f67a911
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 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1248, last updated December 5, 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
48 cosponsors — 48 Republicans
0 of 48 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Rodney Alexander (R-LA), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Andy Barr (R-KY), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Charles Boustany (R-LA), Paul Broun (R-GA), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Chris Collins (R-NY), K. Conaway (R-TX), Tom Cotton (R-AR), John Duncan (R-TN), Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-NJ), Jim Gerlach (R-PA), Bob Gibbs (R-OH), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), H. Griffith (R-VA), Gregg Harper (R-MS), Andy Harris (R-MD), George Holding (R-NC), Bill Johnson (R-OH), Walter Jones (R-NC), David Joyce (R-OH), John Kline (R-MN), Doug Lamborn (R-CO), Tom Latham (R-IA), Robert Latta (R-OH), Billy Long (R-MO), Michael McCaul (R-TX) and 18 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Erik Paulsen.
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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.