House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Kilah Davenport Child Protection Act of 2013
Sponsor: Rep. Robert Pittenger R-NCWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 21, 2013
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 23, 2013 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1311.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PITTENGER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1826):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution, the Taxing and Spending Clause.Source: Congress.gov, record updated March 23, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 97 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1311, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1311
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- 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 March 23, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1311, last updated March 23, 2026. 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
14 cosponsors — 11 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 14 cosponsors (21%) are from the other party.
Howard Coble (R-NC), Chris Collins (R-NY), Rodney Davis (R-IL), John Delaney (D-MD), George Holding (R-NC), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Patrick McHenry (R-NC), Mark Meadows (R-NC), Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), Patrick Murphy (D-FL), Chris Stewart (R-UT), Steve Stockman (R-TX), Eric Swalwell (D-CA), Frank Wolf (R-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Robert Pittenger.
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.