House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Wounded Veteran Job Security Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 26, 2013
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 8, 2013 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1774.
- 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 (Page H2394):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution that grants Congress the authority, ``To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.''Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 191 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1774, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1774
- 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
24 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 23 Democrats
1 of 24 cosponsors (4%) are from the other party.
Timothy Bishop (D-NY), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), David Cicilline (D-RI), John Conyers (D-MI), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), John Dingell (D-MI), William Enyart (D-IL), Al Green (D-TX), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Michael Grimm (R-NY), Ruben Hinojosa (D-TX), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Ann Kirkpatrick (D-AZ), Barbara Lee (D-CA), James McGovern (D-MA), Gloria Negrete McLeod (D-CA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Beto O'Rourke (D-TX), Charles Rangel (D-NY), Bobby Rush (D-IL).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Lloyd Doggett.
- H.R. 885 (113th) San Antonio Missions National Historical Park Boundary Expansion Act of 2013
- H.R. 1738 (113th) American Opportunity Tax Credit Act of 2013
- 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
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.