House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range Transfer Act of 2013
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 23, 2013
- Committee actionMay 15, 2013
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 24, 2013 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 89.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1691.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 113-124 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on June 24, 2013.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 24, 2013 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/124
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1691, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1691
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. VARGAS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2248):(1) to provide and maintain a navy, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 13 of the U.S. Constitution; (2) to dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations respecting the territory or other property belonging to the United States, as enumerated in Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated June 6, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 321 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1691, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1691
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
be5461611227bdf710bdb19cf5929f0aae1196d4a1c2d58afc8299521b48b139
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 (as of June 6, 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
No cosponsors.
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.