House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 21, 2013
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 21, 2013 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1317.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LATHAM, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1826):Article I, Section 8, clause 1 (``The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises''), and the 16th Amendment to the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 179 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1317, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1317
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4214b961a457592e0471a6172f7ff98ec65fe12b502bb080a0a28beb0f7aa3e8
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. 1317, 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
41 cosponsors — 12 Republicans, 29 Democrats
29 of 41 cosponsors (71%) are from the other party.
Michele Bachmann (R-MN), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Rob Bishop (R-UT), Michael Capuano (D-MA), John Carter (R-TX), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Sam Farr (D-CA), Steve Israel (D-NY), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Peter King (R-NY), John Kline (R-MN), Leonard Lance (R-NJ), John Larson (D-CT), Barbara Lee (D-CA), David Loebsack (D-IA), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY), Betty McCollum (D-MN), David McKinley (R-WV), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Pete Olson (R-TX), Donald Payne (D-NJ), Scott Peters (D-CA), Collin Peterson (D-MN), Harold Rogers (R-KY) and 11 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Tom Latham.
- H.R. 1765 (113th) Reducing Flight Delays Act of 2013
- H.R. 4745 (113th) Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015
- H.R. 2610 (113th) Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014
- H.R. 1918 (113th) Brewers Excise and Economic Relief Act of 2013
- H.R. 690 (113th) Reserve Retirement Deployment Credit Correction Act
- H.R. 3722 (113th) To provide protections for certain sports medicine professionals who provide certain medical services in a secondary State.
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.