House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Scleroderma Research and Awareness 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 12, 2013 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1429.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio, as printed in the Congressional Record (Pages H7252-H7253):According to Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution: The Congress shall have power to enact this legislation to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes. ADDITIONAL SPONSORS Under clause 7 of rule XII, sponsors were added to public bills and resolutions as follows: H.R. 120: Ms. Edwards. H.R. 259: Mr. Kingston. H.R. 270: Mr. Ellison and Mr. Honda. H.R. 274: Mr. Keating. H.R. 351: Mr. McKeon. H.R. 543: Mr. Bishop of New York. H.R. 647: Mr. Mulvaney, Mr. Austin Scott of Georgia, Mr. Collins of Georgia, and Ms. Jackson Lee. H.R. 669: Mrs. Christensen. H.R. 676: Ms. McCollum. H.R. 685: Mr. Vela, Mr. Messer, Mr. Duncan of…Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 3,716 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1429, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1429
- 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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1429, 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
46 cosponsors — 12 Republicans, 34 Democrats
12 of 46 cosponsors (26%) are from the other party.
Dan Benishek (R-MI), Kerry Bentivolio (R-MI), Timothy Bishop (D-NY), Bruce Braley (D-IA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Mike Coffman (R-CO), John Conyers (D-MI), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Susan Davis (D-CA), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Eliot Engel (D-NY), William Enyart (D-IL), Christopher Gibson (R-NY), Michael Grimm (R-NY), Richard Hanna (R-NY), Brian Higgins (D-NY), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Steve Israel (D-NY), Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), Peter King (R-NY), Tom Latham (R-IA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Billy Long (R-MO), Nita Lowey (D-NY), Daniel Maffei (D-NY), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Sean Maloney (D-NY) and 16 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.