House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMay 7, 2013
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 14, 2013 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1844.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2484):Article I, Sec. 8, Cl. 3Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 24 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1844, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1844
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
fdce45c37cc211be9ca6dae40fa746700b0cf69afe9a35a991c4f8378c7693a8
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 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1844, last updated December 5, 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
81 cosponsors — 81 Democrats
0 of 81 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Robert Andrews (D-NJ), John Barrow (D-GA), Karen Bass (D-CA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Bruce Braley (D-IA), Lois Capps (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Donna Christensen (D-VI), Judy Chu (D-CA), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), John Conyers (D-MI), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), John Delaney (D-MD), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Donna Edwards (D-MD), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Sam Farr (D-CA), Chaka Fattah (D-PA), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Alan Grayson (D-FL) and 51 more.
More from the sponsor
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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.