House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 20, 2013
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 20, 2013 — Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1287.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FINCHER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Pages H1719-H1720):Article I Section 8.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1287, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1287
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1287, last updated August 12, 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
11 cosponsors — 8 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 11 cosponsors (27%) are from the other party.
Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Tom Cole (R-OK), Tom Cotton (R-AR), Eric Crawford (R-AR), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Patrick McHenry (R-NC), Mike McIntyre (D-NC), Mark Meadows (R-NC), Collin Peterson (D-MN).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Stephen Fincher.
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- H.R. 3623 (113th) Improving Access to Capital for Emerging Growth Companies Act
- H.R. 2156 (113th) CLAIM Act
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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.