House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Coast Guard Academy Opportunity Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 11, 2013
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 12, 2013 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1516.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1958):The U.S. Constitution including Article 1, Section 8.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 53 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1516, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1516
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
880d1c4aa1c80deb555716ae01355e0434073abd08f941b35e8bec70a19de427
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. 1516, 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
12 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 10 Democrats
2 of 12 cosponsors (17%) are from the other party.
Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), John Duncan (R-TN), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Janice Hahn (D-CA), Jack Kingston (R-GA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Michael Michaud (D-ME), Pedro Pierluisi (D-PR), Gregorio Sablan (D-MP).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bennie Thompson.
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- H.R. 1245 (113th) Flight School Security Act of 2013
- H.R. 735 (113th) Federal Protective Service Improvement and Accountability Act of 2013
- H.R. 1945 (113th) Fostering Resilience to Terrorism Act of 2013
- H.R. 5240 (113th) CORRECT Act
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.