House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
American Export Promotion Act of 2013
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 9, 2013
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 9, 2013 — Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1420.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GALLEGO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1858):THE U.S. CONSTITUTION ARTICLE I, SECTION 8: POWERS OF CONGRESS CLAUSE 18 The Congress shall have power . . . To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this Constitution in the government of the United States, or in any department or officer thereof.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 341 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1420, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1420
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2054fa4a837b783b4e3e962bda482b9e18806fe20fc7faaa943e831917279740
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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1420, last updated August 12, 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
4 cosponsors — 4 Democrats
0 of 4 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), John Garamendi (D-CA), Scott Peters (D-CA), Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Pete Gallego.
- H.R. 3215 (113th) Shutdown Pay for Members of Congress Act of 2013
- H.R. 2755 (113th) Border Security Tax Relief Act of 2013
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- H.R. 3214 (113th) Preserve our National Security Act
- H.R. 3296 (113th) Pay America First Act
- H.R. 5198 (113th) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an appeal process for designation as qualified census tracts and difficult…
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.