House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Building Rural Communities Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 18, 2013
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 3, 2013 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Rural Development, and Credit.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1632.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SOUTHERLAND, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2160):The constitutional authority on which this legislation is based is found in Article I Section 8, Clause 1 of the Constitution which grants Congress the power to provide for the general Welfare of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 214 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1632, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1632
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 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 August 12, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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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
12 cosponsors — 10 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 12 cosponsors (17%) are from the other party.
Jeff Duncan (R-SC), William Enyart (D-IL), Bob Gibbs (R-OH), Vicky Hartzler (R-MO), Raul Labrador (R-ID), Mike McIntyre (D-NC), David McKinley (R-WV), Reid Ribble (R-WI), David Roe (R-TN), Steve Stockman (R-TX), Don Young (R-AK), Todd Young (R-IN).
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.