House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 4, 2013
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 4, 2013 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 176.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GRIFFIN of Arkansas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H54):Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 6, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 41 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 176, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/176
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4276b7fa2ab3f14cca1305f8ce6f8d6d861efdcd1d3411d80ec98b4ed326c19f
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 6, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 176, last updated December 6, 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
66 cosponsors — 66 Republicans
0 of 66 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Rodney Alexander (R-LA), Michele Bachmann (R-MN), Andy Barr (R-KY), Dan Benishek (R-MI), Kerry Bentivolio (R-MI), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Charles Boustany (R-LA), Jim Bridenstine (R-OK), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Dave Camp (R-MI), John Carter (R-TX), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Tom Cotton (R-AR), Eric Crawford (R-AR), Ron DeSantis (R-FL), Sean Duffy (R-WI), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), John Duncan (R-TN), Stephen Fincher (R-TN), Bill Flores (R-TX), J. Forbes (R-VA), Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Cory Gardner (R-CO), Bob Gibbs (R-OH), Phil Gingrey (R-GA), Robert Goodlatte (R-VA), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Ralph Hall (R-TX), Andy Harris (R-MD) and 36 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Tim Griffin.
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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.