House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Senior and Retired Volunteers Act of 2013
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 6, 2013
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 6, 2013 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1840.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. TSONGAS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2437):Amendment XVI to the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 48 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1840, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1840
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c24a9195181d97704de0b439e0bfbc06a51809a1fd90ac6d56fbb1ac52c49de1
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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1840, last updated August 12, 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
7 cosponsors — 7 Democrats
0 of 7 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Michael Capuano (D-MA), Katherine Clark (D-MA), William Keating (D-MA), Joseph Kennedy (D-MA), James McGovern (D-MA), Richard Neal (D-MA), John Tierney (D-MA).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Niki Tsongas.
- H.R. 412 (113th) Nashua River Wild and Scenic River Study Act
- H.R. 4693 (113th) U.S. Air Forces Escape and Evasion Society Recognition Act of 2014
- H.R. 2059 (113th) Coast Guard STRONG Act
- H.R. 4504 (113th) DoD Suicide Tracking Act of 2014
- H.R. 4583 (113th) SSI Savers Act of 2014
- H.R. 4410 (113th) DoD LABS Research 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.