House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedApr 17, 2013
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 26, 2013 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1598.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GRIFFIN of Arkansas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2124):Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 62 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1598, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1598
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e86116d1338c368f0b672f7c20d8bd687e561bd104ba709beca857d2e0dd274d
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. 1598, 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
50 cosponsors — 23 Republicans, 26 Democrats, 1 independent
27 of 50 cosponsors (54%) are from the other party.
Ron Barber (D-AZ), Dan Benishek (R-MI), Kerry Bentivolio (R-MI), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Robert Brady (D-PA), Jim Bridenstine (R-OK), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), André Carson (D-IN), Howard Coble (R-NC), Steve Cohen (D-TN), James Cooper (D-TN), Joe Courtney (D-CT), John Duncan (R-TN), Michael Fitzpatrick (R-PA), J. Forbes (R-VA), Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), H. Griffith (R-VA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Colleen Hanabusa (D-HI), Vicky Hartzler (R-MO), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Denny Heck (D-WA), James Himes (D-CT), Darrell Issa (R-CA), Walter Jones (R-NC), William Keating (D-MA), Robert Latta (R-OH), Billy Long (R-MO), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA) and 20 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Tim Griffin.
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- H.R. 3541 (113th) Obamacare Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act
- H.R. 2694 (113th) Buy Smarter and Save Act of 2013
- H.R. 5483 (113th) Firefighter Equipment Protection Act of 2014
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.