House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedApr 16, 2013
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 3, 2013 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1588.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WAXMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2066):Article I, section 8, clauses 3 and 18 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 73 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1588, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1588
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1588, last updated December 5, 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
33 cosponsors — 33 Democrats
0 of 33 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Donna Christensen (D-VI), David Cicilline (D-RI), John Conyers (D-MI), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Donna Edwards (D-MD), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Sander Levin (D-MI), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), Jim McDermott (D-WA), Michael Michaud (D-ME), George Miller (D-CA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Gloria Negrete McLeod (D-CA), Beto O'Rourke (D-TX), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Charles Rangel (D-NY), Bobby Rush (D-IL), John Sarbanes (D-MD), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Adam Schiff (D-CA), Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH) and 3 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.