House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
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. 142.
- 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 December 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 136 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 142, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/142
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
450f80e4562fcd189bba092c447a6e583f97c191c60ef7f710432f802c9a13e4
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 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 142, 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
41 cosponsors — 41 Democrats
0 of 41 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Timothy Bishop (D-NY), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), John Conyers (D-MI), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Elizabeth Esty (D-CT), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Janice Hahn (D-CA), James Himes (D-CT), Rush Holt (D-NJ), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), James Langevin (D-RI), Rick Larsen (D-WA), Sander Levin (D-MI), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Nita Lowey (D-NY), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Edward Markey (D-MA), Doris Matsui (D-CA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), James McGovern (D-MA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Eleanor Norton (D-DC) and 11 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. 138 (113th) Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device Act
- H.R. 437 (113th) Assault Weapons Ban of 2013
- H.R. 141 (113th) Gun Show Loophole Closing 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.