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 House Administration.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1338.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DINGELL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1826):Article I, Section IV.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 22 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1338, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1338
- 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. 1338, 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
17 cosponsors — 17 Democrats
0 of 17 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
David Cicilline (D-RI), John Conyers (D-MI), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Donna Edwards (D-MD), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Alan Grayson (D-FL), James Himes (D-CT), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), James McGovern (D-MA), George Miller (D-CA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Gary Peters (D-MI), Jared Polis (D-CO), C. Ruppersberger (D-MD), John Sarbanes (D-MD), Louise Slaughter (D-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. John Dingell.
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.