House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
American Opportunity Tax Credit Act of 2013
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 25, 2013
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 25, 2013 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1738.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DOGGETT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Pages H2352-H2353):Article One, Section 8 and the 16th Amendment of the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 66 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1738, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1738
- 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
115 cosponsors — 115 Democrats
0 of 115 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Karen Bass (D-CA), Xavier Becerra (D-CA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Lois Capps (D-CA), Michael Capuano (D-MA), André Carson (D-IN), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Donna Christensen (D-VI), David Cicilline (D-RI), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), James Clyburn (D-SC), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), John Conyers (D-MI), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Danny Davis (D-IL), Susan Davis (D-CA), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Suzan DelBene (D-WA) and 85 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Lloyd Doggett.
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- H.R. 1554 (113th) Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act
- H.R. 2990 (113th) STOP Act
- H.R. 1555 (113th) International Tax Competitiveness Act of 2013
- H.R. 3970 (113th) Stop Subsidizing Multimillion Dollar Corporate Bonuses Act
- H.R. 1774 (113th) Wounded Veteran Job Security 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.