House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Autism Understanding and Training in School Methodologies for Educators Act of 2013
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 11, 2013
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 8, 2013 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1509.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MORAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1958):This legislation is authorized by Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1, which grants Congress authority regarding Defence [sic] and general Welfare of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, record updated March 23, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 163 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1509, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1509
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- 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 March 23, 2026). 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
12 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 9 Democrats
3 of 12 cosponsors (25%) are from the other party.
Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Chaka Fattah (D-PA), David McKinley (R-WV), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), David Price (D-NC), Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA), Chris Stewart (R-UT), Dina Titus (D-NV), Frederica Wilson (D-FL), Frank Wolf (R-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. James Moran.
- H.R. 3223 (113th) Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act
- H.R. 4148 (113th) Humane Cosmetics Act
- H.Res. 208 (113th) Expressing opposition to the use of carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, nitrogen, nitrous oxide, argon, or other gases to euthanize shelter…
- H.Con.Res. 27 (113th) Supporting the formation of a bipartisan Presidential Commission to study the establishment of a National Museum of the American People.
- H.R. 4525 (113th) Traveling Exotic Animal Protection Act
- H.R. 2249 (113th) Disabled Military Child Protection 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.