House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device Act
Open in Bill Explorer →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. 138.
- 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. 138, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/138
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
56fce025d76d485e1692e2496afd1e70214e12edb83defaaa110213f4ada63aa
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.
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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
89 cosponsors — 89 Democrats
0 of 89 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Karen Bass (D-CA), Timothy Bishop (D-NY), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Robert Brady (D-PA), Bruce Braley (D-IA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Lois Capps (D-CA), Michael Capuano (D-MA), John Carney (D-DE), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Donna Christensen (D-VI), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), John Conyers (D-MI), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Danny Davis (D-IL), 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), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Marcia Fudge (D-OH) and 59 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Carolyn McCarthy.
- H.R. 137 (113th) Fix Gun Checks Act of 2013
- 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.