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 Livestock, Rural Development, and Credit.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1396.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. VALADAO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1828):Article 1 of Section 8 of Clause 7 and Article 1 of Section 8 of Clause 18 of the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 3, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 95 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1396, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1396
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 3, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
8d4bf82f111a63080665758fb212e52e16bf7598d359e5b83731e1e15069e95f
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 December 3, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1396, last updated December 3, 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
10 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 6 Democrats
6 of 10 cosponsors (60%) are from the other party.
Jim Costa (D-CA), Jeff Denham (R-CA), Sam Farr (D-CA), John Garamendi (D-CA), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Doug LaMalfa (R-CA), Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), Gloria Negrete McLeod (D-CA), Devin Nunes (R-CA), Juan Vargas (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. David Valadao.
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- H.R. 5781 (113th) California Emergency Drought Relief Act of 2014
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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.