House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 15, 2013
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 15, 2013 — Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1553.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. CAPITO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2026):The Commerce Clause, Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution states that Congress shall have power to regulate the regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.Source: Congress.gov, record updated January 10, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 223 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1553, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1553
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 10, 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 January 10, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1553, last updated January 10, 2026. 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
156 cosponsors — 119 Republicans, 37 Democrats
37 of 156 cosponsors (24%) are from the other party.
Rodney Alexander (R-LA), Michele Bachmann (R-MN), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Lou Barletta (R-PA), Andy Barr (R-KY), John Barrow (D-GA), Kerry Bentivolio (R-MI), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Diane Black (R-TN), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Bruce Braley (D-IA), Mo Brooks (R-AL), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), John Carney (D-DE), André Carson (D-IN), John Carter (R-TX), Mike Coffman (R-CO), Tom Cole (R-OK), K. Conaway (R-TX), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), James Cooper (D-TN), Tom Cotton (R-AR), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Eric Crawford (R-AR), Ander Crenshaw (R-FL), Steve Daines (R-MT), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN) and 126 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.