House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
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 Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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. 1554.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DOGGETT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2026):Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 69 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1554, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1554
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
5c0deaa9b7e4af519b3704b8c22d7832e675957c35acf1bd5b08f59d53510730
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. 1554, 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
67 cosponsors — 67 Democrats
0 of 67 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Karen Bass (D-CA), Xavier Becerra (D-CA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Steve Cohen (D-TN), John Conyers (D-MI), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), John Dingell (D-MI), Donna Edwards (D-MD), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Sam Farr (D-CA), Chaka Fattah (D-PA), Bill Foster (D-IL), Marcia Fudge (D-OH), John Garamendi (D-CA), Gene Green (D-TX), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Brian Higgins (D-NY), Rush Holt (D-NJ), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Eddie Johnson (D-TX) and 37 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Lloyd Doggett.
- H.R. 885 (113th) San Antonio Missions National Historical Park Boundary Expansion Act of 2013
- H.R. 1738 (113th) American Opportunity Tax Credit Act of 2013
- H.R. 2990 (113th) STOP Act
- H.R. 1555 (113th) International Tax Competitiveness Act of 2013
- H.R. 3970 (113th) Stop Subsidizing Multimillion Dollar Corporate Bonuses Act
- H.R. 1774 (113th) Wounded Veteran Job Security 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.