House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 3, 2013
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 25, 2013 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 137.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. McCARTHY of New York, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H37):This bill is enacted pursuant to the powers granted to the Congress by Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 136 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 137, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/137
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
02a8266bfb01af00897e288e0b170a6dbbe5d5c475c01308ea96c397f1dcba8a
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. 137, 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
91 cosponsors — 91 Democrats
0 of 91 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Karen Bass (D-CA), Timothy Bishop (D-NY), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Robert Brady (D-PA), Lois Capps (D-CA), Michael Capuano (D-MA), John Carney (D-DE), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Donna Christensen (D-VI), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), John Conyers (D-MI), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Susan Davis (D-CA), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Elizabeth Esty (D-CT), Sam Farr (D-CA), Chaka Fattah (D-PA), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Marcia Fudge (D-OH) and 61 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Carolyn McCarthy.
- H.R. 138 (113th) Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device Act
- H.R. 437 (113th) Assault Weapons Ban of 2013
- H.R. 141 (113th) Gun Show Loophole Closing Act of 2013
- H.R. 142 (113th) Stop Online Ammunition Sales Act of 2013
- H.R. 5005 (113th) Ending Corporal Punishment in Schools Act of 2014
- H.R. 1857 (113th) Student-to-School Nurse Ratio Improvement Act of 2013
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.