House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedApr 26, 2013
- Committee actionJun 26, 2013
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 16, 2014 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 508.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1772.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1772, Legal Workforce Act” on December 18, 2013. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on June 26, 2013”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 18, 2013 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/44980
- CBO publication date
- December 18, 2013
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1772, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1772
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 113-677 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on December 16, 2014.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 16, 2014 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/677
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1772, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1772
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a98f545c20b7383b2c596e712de542c826b281a28a904121ea59113b807bde3f
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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. SMITH of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2394):Article I, Section 8, Clause 4 of the United States Constitution enumerating congressional authority ``[t]o establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization.''Source: Congress.gov, record updated July 21, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 154 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1772, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1772
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a98f545c20b7383b2c596e712de542c826b281a28a904121ea59113b807bde3f
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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
33 cosponsors — 32 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 33 cosponsors (3%) are from the other party.
Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Rob Bishop (R-UT), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Mo Brooks (R-AL), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), John Culberson (R-TX), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Blake Farenthold (R-TX), J. Forbes (R-VA), Trent Franks (R-AZ), Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-NJ), Robert Goodlatte (R-VA), Trey Gowdy (R-SC), Ralph Hall (R-TX), Joseph Heck (R-NV), George Holding (R-NC), Darrell Issa (R-CA), Peter King (R-NY), Jack Kingston (R-GA), Raul Labrador (R-ID), Leonard Lance (R-NJ), Kenny Marchant (R-TX), Ted Poe (R-TX), Ed Royce (R-CA), David Schweikert (R-AZ), F. Sensenbrenner (R-WI), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Christopher Smith (R-NJ) and 3 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Lamar Smith.
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- H.R. 5031 (113th) STEM Education Act of 2014
- H.R. 2850 (113th) EPA Hydraulic Fracturing Study Improvement Act
- H.R. 3386 (113th) Accuracy for Adoptees Act
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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.