House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2013
Sponsor: Rep. Doug Collins R-GAWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 11, 2013
- Committee actionJul 24, 2013
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 26, 2013 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 170.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1493.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1493, Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2013” on September 23, 2013. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on July 24, 2013”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 23, 2013 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/44606
- CBO publication date
- September 23, 2013
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1493, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1493
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 113-230 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on September 26, 2013.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 26, 2013 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/230
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1493, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1493
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. COLLINS of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1957):Article I, Section 1 of the United States Constitution, Article I, Section 8 of the Unitcd States Constitution, including, but not limited to, Clauses 1, 3 and 18, and Article III of the United States Constitution, Section 2.Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 225 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1493, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1493
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
20f59098982c291f40f86e190cdc34bc006434926534a67cb1c2de5fff4e3a1e
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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
31 cosponsors — 31 Republicans
0 of 31 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Kerry Bentivolio (R-MI), Rob Bishop (R-UT), Paul Broun (R-GA), Shelley Capito (R-WV), Howard Coble (R-NC), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Steve Daines (R-MT), Renee Ellmers (R-NC), Blake Farenthold (R-TX), Trent Franks (R-AZ), Cory Gardner (R-CO), Phil Gingrey (R-GA), Louie Gohmert (R-TX), Trey Gowdy (R-SC), Tom Graves (R-GA), George Holding (R-NC), Darrell Issa (R-CA), Jack Kingston (R-GA), Robert Latta (R-OH), Mark Meadows (R-NC), Alan Nunnelee (R-MS), Scott Perry (R-PA), Tom Price (R-GA), Todd Rokita (R-IN), Jason Smith (R-MO), Steve Southerland (R-FL), Marlin Stutzman (R-IN), Brad Wenstrup (R-OH), Lynn Westmoreland (R-GA) and 1 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.