House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
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 Department Operations, Oversight, and Nutrition.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1638.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DUNCAN of South Carolina, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2160):Article I Section 2 notes the need for an Enumeration of the people necessary for the apportionment of Congressional districts. That is the true purpose of the Census Bureau. This legislation seeks to return the Census Bureau to the Constitutional intent of the Founding Fathers by eliminating non-Constitutional additional enumerations that the Bureau undertakes today.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 370 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1638, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1638
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
48d6d8c81644e8f4c54fb792c80f50524f5f89e14aa04dadc5502f203f48abc5
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. 1638, 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
17 cosponsors — 16 Republicans, 1 other
0 of 17 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Justin Amash (L-MI), Jim Bridenstine (R-OK), Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), Howard Coble (R-NC), Robert Goodlatte (R-VA), Andy Harris (R-MD), Tim Huelskamp (R-KS), Walter Jones (R-NC), Raul Labrador (R-ID), Thomas Massie (R-KY), Stevan Pearce (R-NM), Bill Posey (R-FL), Reid Ribble (R-WI), Todd Rokita (R-IN), Austin Scott (R-GA), Steve Southerland (R-FL), Steve Stockman (R-TX).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jeff Duncan.
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- H.R. 3895 (113th) EXPAND Act
- H.R. 1637 (113th) Adjusting Davis-Bacon for Inflation 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.