House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedApr 9, 2013
- Committee actionApr 17, 2013
- Passed HouseMay 8, 2013 · 223–204
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 9, 2013 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1406.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1406, Working Families Flexibility Act of 2013” on April 19, 2013. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on April 17, 2013”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 19, 2013 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/44100
- CBO publication date
- April 19, 2013
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1406, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1406
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 113-49 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Education and Workforce Committee on April 30, 2013.Source: Congress.gov, reported April 30, 2013 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/49
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1406, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1406
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 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 Mrs. ROBY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1858):Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United StatesSource: Congress.gov, record updated December 6, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 61 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1406, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1406
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
168 cosponsors — 168 Republicans
0 of 168 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Rodney Alexander (R-LA), Mark Amodei (R-NV), Michele Bachmann (R-MN), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Kerry Bentivolio (R-MI), Rob Bishop (R-UT), Diane Black (R-TN), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Jo Bonner (R-AL), Charles Boustany (R-LA), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Jim Bridenstine (R-OK), Mo Brooks (R-AL), Susan Brooks (R-IN), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Dave Camp (R-MI), John Campbell (R-CA), John Carter (R-TX), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), Howard Coble (R-NC), Mike Coffman (R-CO), Tom Cole (R-OK), Chris Collins (R-NY), Doug Collins (R-GA), K. Conaway (R-TX) and 138 more.
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.