House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Catching Up To 1968 Act of 2013
Open in Bill Explorer →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 Workforce Protections.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1346.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. NEUGEBAUER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Pages H5347-H5349):Constitutional Amendments Article V The Congress, whenever two thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose Amendments to this Constitution, or, on the Application of the Legislatures of two thirds of the several States, shall call a Convention for proposing Amendments, which in either Case, shall be valid to all Intents and Purposes, as Part of this Constitution, when ratified by the Legislatures of three fourths of the several States or by Conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other Mode of Ratification may be proposed by the Congress; Provided that no Amendment which may be made prior to the Year One thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any Manner…Source: Congress.gov, record updated March 23, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 3,718 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1346, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1346
- 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.
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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
19 cosponsors — 19 Democrats
0 of 19 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Karen Bass (D-CA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), John Conyers (D-MI), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), Daniel Kildee (D-MI), Barbara Lee (D-CA), John Lewis (D-GA), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), James McGovern (D-MA), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Richard Nolan (D-MN), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Charles Rangel (D-NY), Bobby Rush (D-IL), Frederica Wilson (D-FL).
More from the sponsor
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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.