House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Genetically Engineered Food Right-to-Know Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 24, 2013
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 26, 2013 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1699.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DEFAZIO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2298):Clause 3 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 55 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1699, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1699
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 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 December 5, 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
66 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 65 Democrats
1 of 66 cosponsors (2%) are from the other party.
Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Donna Christensen (D-VI), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), John Conyers (D-MI), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Donna Edwards (D-MD), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Chaka Fattah (D-PA), Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), Alan Grayson (D-FL), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), James Himes (D-CT), Rush Holt (D-NJ), Michael Honda (D-CA), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Ann Kuster (D-NH), James Langevin (D-RI), Barbara Lee (D-CA) and 36 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Peter DeFazio.
- H.R. 5701 (113th) Western Oregon Indian Tribal Lands Act
- H.R. 630 (113th) Postal Service Protection Act of 2013
- H.R. 1029 (113th) No Loopholes in Social Security Taxes Act
- H.R. 880 (113th) Wall Street Trading and Speculators Tax Act
- H.R. 1030 (113th) Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers Act of 2013
- H.R. 5060 (113th) Hardrock Mining and Reclamation Act of 2014
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.