House bill · 113th Congress · Public Law 113-59
VA Expiring Authorities Extension Act of 2013
Became law on Dec 20, 2013.
Sponsor: Rep. Mike Coffman R-COWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 25, 2013
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseDec 10, 2013 · 353–0
- Passed SenateDec 18, 2013 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentDec 19, 2013
- Became lawDec 20, 2013
Latest action: Dec 20, 2013 — Became Public Law No: 113-59.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1402.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1402, VA Expiring Authorities Extension Act of 2013” on December 9, 2013. CBO’s description reads “Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Effects for H.R. 1402 as transmitted to CBO on December 5, 2013”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 9, 2013 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/44949
- CBO publication date
- December 9, 2013
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1402, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1402
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. COFFMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1836):Article I, section 8, of the Constitution of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 63 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1402, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1402
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b735d77eef0e7916ada039a37c229063c1681737a5774bd8bd33c65a84aed930
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 committee report (as of December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1402, last updated December 5, 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
2 cosponsors — 2 Democrats
2 of 2 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mike Coffman.
- H.R. 1412 (113th) Department of Veterans Affairs Expiring Authorities Act of 2013
- H.R. 3210 (113th) Pay Our Military Act
- H.R. 3593 (113th) VA Construction Assistance Act of 2014
- H.R. 4261 (113th) Gulf War Health Research Reform Act of 2014
- H.R. 2882 (113th) Improving Opportunities for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses Act of 2013
- H.R. 435 (113th) Military Enlistment Opportunity 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.