House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Electronic Communications Privacy Act Amendments Act of 2013
Sponsor: Rep. Matt Salmon R-AZWhere 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 Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1847.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SALMON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2484):Amendment IV The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 345 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1847, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1847
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2fdefd7527f5d07827796d18847333d1036246cec7c3b0030d2bb0e7b7d6622a
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.
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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 — 23 Republicans, 1 independent
1 of 24 cosponsors (4%) are from the other party.
Michele Bachmann (R-MN), Joe Barton (R-TX), Dan Benishek (R-MI), Kerry Bentivolio (R-MI), Jim Bridenstine (R-OK), Paul Broun (R-GA), Michael Burgess (R-TX), John Campbell (R-CA), Ron DeSantis (R-FL), John Duncan (R-TN), Blake Farenthold (R-TX), John Fleming (R-LA), Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE), Trent Franks (R-AZ), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Michael Grimm (R-NY), Vicky Hartzler (R-MO), Duncan Hunter (R-CA), Jim Jordan (R-OH), Mark Meadows (R-NC), Richard Nugent (R-FL), Pete Olson (R-TX), Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ), Ted Yoho (R-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Matt Salmon.
- H.R. 3136 (113th) Advancing Competency-Based Education Demonstration Project Act of 2014
- H.R. 1908 (113th) FREE Act
- H.R. 3225 (113th) Making continuing appropriations for veterans benefits in the event of a Government shutdown.
- H.R. 5053 (113th) Expedited Family Reunification Act of 2014
- H.R. 2409 (113th) State Sovereignty in Voting Act
- H.R. 4897 (113th) Transparency in Education 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.