House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Help Entrepreneurs Create American Jobs Act of 2013
Sponsor: Rep. Henry Johnson D-GAWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 18, 2013
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 18, 2013 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1621.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2159):Article I, Sec. 8 cl. 1 and cl. 1.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 34 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1621, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1621
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
509fb6d9703fb88b052da6790b4e223d36cad1c59c0e04cdc42d8383332a01f8
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. 1621, 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
39 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 36 Democrats
3 of 39 cosponsors (8%) are from the other party.
Kerry Bentivolio (R-MI), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), André Carson (D-IN), Steve Chabot (R-OH), David Cicilline (D-RI), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), John Conyers (D-MI), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Blake Farenthold (R-TX), Marcia Fudge (D-OH), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Michael Honda (D-CA), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Barbara Lee (D-CA), John Lewis (D-GA), Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-NM), Jim McDermott (D-WA), Grace Meng (D-NY), James Moran (D-VA), Patrick Murphy (D-FL), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Donald Payne (D-NJ), Gary Peters (D-MI), Charles Rangel (D-NY), Bobby Rush (D-IL), Tim Ryan (D-OH) and 9 more.
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 1844 (113th) Arbitration Fairness Act of 2013
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- H.R. 3172 (113th) BEST Practices 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.