House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Common Sense in Compensation Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 12, 2013
- Committee actionJul 24, 2013
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 1, 2013 — Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 322, H.R. 1541 is laid on the table.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1541.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MEADOWS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1993):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3; and Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 88 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1541, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1541
- 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. 1541, 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
6 cosponsors — 6 Republicans
0 of 6 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Doug Collins (R-GA), James Lankford (R-OK), Mick Mulvaney (R-SC), Robert Pittenger (R-NC), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Marlin Stutzman (R-IN).
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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.