House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Safely Sheltering Disaster Victims Act of 2013
Sponsor: Rep. Nydia Velázquez D-NYWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 23, 2013
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 23, 2013 — Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on Appropriations, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1668.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. VELAZQUEZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2247):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 ``The Congress shall have Power to . . . provide for the . . . general Welfare of the United States; . . .''Source: Congress.gov, record updated September 8, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 139 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1668, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1668
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
618e63240d33497a9cb1aadcbb866d7e5c04cdfd29c98752fc5ad5fa8c74690f
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 September 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1668, last updated September 8, 2026. 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
3 cosponsors — 3 Democrats
0 of 3 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), Charles Rangel (D-NY), Jose Serrano (D-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Nydia Velázquez.
- H.R. 1846 (113th) Lower East Side Tenement National Historic Site Amendments Act
- H.R. 2452 (113th) Women's Procurement Program Equalization Act of 2013
- H.R. 4121 (113th) Small Business Development Centers Improvement Act of 2014
- H.R. 2451 (113th) Strengthening Entrepreneurs' Economic Development Act of 2013
- H.R. 27 (113th) Small Supplier Fairness in Bidding Competition Act of 2013
- H.R. 29 (113th) Mobile Medical Homeless Health Improvement Act of 2013
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.