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: 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. 1343.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. FUDGE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1827):Article I, Sec. 8, clause 3, the Commerce Clause.Source: Congress.gov, record updated March 23, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 49 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1343, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1343
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
efe767173f3fa74856d7e7820d2b43783f90f5635220fb725b5caf2a78f2841e
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. 1343, 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
20 cosponsors — 20 Democrats
0 of 20 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Yvette Clarke (D-NY), John Conyers (D-MI), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Alan Grayson (D-FL), Al Green (D-TX), Gene Green (D-TX), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), Ben Luján (D-NM), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Gloria Negrete McLeod (D-CA), Donald Payne (D-NJ), Cedric Richmond (D-LA), Louise Slaughter (D-NY), Mark Takano (D-CA), Frederica Wilson (D-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Marcia Fudge.
- H.Con.Res. 100 (113th) Authorizing the use of the rotunda of the Capitol for a ceremony to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the enactment of the Civil Rights…
- H.Res. 388 (113th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives supporting Federal employees.
- H.Res. 341 (113th) Expressing support for designation of September as National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month.
- H.Res. 10 (113th) Recognizing the 100th Anniversary of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated.
- H.Con.Res. 17 (113th) Expressing the sense of Congress that a day should be designated as "National Voting Rights Act Mobilization Day".
- H.R. 1437 (113th) Honorable Stephanie Tubbs Jones College Fire Prevention Act
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.