House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
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Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 9, 2013
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 24, 2013 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1418.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MURPHY of Florida, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1858):The constitutional authority of Congress to enact this legislation is provided by Article 1, Section 8, which states that Congress shall have the power to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 252 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1418, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1418
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
16 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 14 Democrats, 1 independent
1 of 16 cosponsors (6%) are from the other party.
Corrine Brown (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), John Delaney (D-MD), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Lois Frankel (D-FL), John Garamendi (D-CA), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Michael Michaud (D-ME), Donald Payne (D-NJ), Scott Peters (D-CA), Robert Pittenger (R-NC), Raul Ruiz (D-CA), Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ).
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.