House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedApr 12, 2013
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 12, 2013 — Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1547.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. YOHO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1993):Article I, Section 6, Clause 1, of the U.S. Constitution: ``The Senators and Representatives shall receive a Compensation for their Services, to be ascertained by Law, and paid out of the Treasury of the United States.''Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 220 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1547, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1547
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
539f31e8730d32c71c3dd050536a3cd0a163b453ed01be4ae3318cd7c377ee1b
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. 1547, 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
16 cosponsors — 9 Republicans, 6 Democrats, 1 independent
7 of 16 cosponsors (44%) are from the other party.
Cheri Bustos (D-IL), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Doug Collins (R-GA), Ron DeSantis (R-FL), John Delaney (D-MD), Christopher Gibson (R-NY), Alan Grayson (D-FL), Thomas Massie (R-KY), Mark Meadows (R-NC), Mick Mulvaney (R-SC), Patrick Murphy (D-FL), Scott Perry (R-PA), Matt Salmon (R-AZ), Kurt Schrader (D-OR), Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ), Lynn Westmoreland (R-GA).
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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.