House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Enforcing Orders and Reducing Customs Evasion Act of 2013
Sponsor: Rep. Billy Long R-MOWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 9, 2013
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 22, 2013 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1440.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LONG, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1859):Article I Section 8 Clause 1 Article I Section 8 Clause 3Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 57 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1440, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1440
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
135c5bd61adbaccc75c935083cf5c122d2658b8ff672fe0ee095d360d397bd72
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
50 cosponsors — 21 Republicans, 29 Democrats
29 of 50 cosponsors (58%) are from the other party.
Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Steve Cohen (D-TN), John Conyers (D-MI), James Cooper (D-TN), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Eric Crawford (R-AR), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Sean Duffy (R-WI), Renee Ellmers (R-NC), William Enyart (D-IL), Bill Foster (D-IL), John Garamendi (D-CA), Sam Graves (R-MO), Gene Green (D-TX), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Vicky Hartzler (R-MO), Bill Johnson (R-OH), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Walter Jones (R-NC), David Joyce (R-OH), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), Robert Latta (R-OH), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Daniel Lipinski (D-IL), David Loebsack (D-IA), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO) and 20 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Billy Long.
- H.R. 3308 (113th) Taxpayer Transparency Act of 2014
- H.R. 3539 (113th) Adoption Promotion Act of 2013
- H.Res. 129 (113th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Congress should not pass any legislation that would tax or confiscate…
- H.R. 3376 (113th) Fairness for Lost Coverage 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.