House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Budget and Accounting Transparency Act of 2014
Sponsor: Rep. Scott Garrett R-NJWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 8, 2013
- Committee actionFeb 11, 2014
- Passed HouseApr 7, 2014 · 230–165
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 8, 2014 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1872.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1872, Budget and Accounting Transparency Act of 2014” on February 12, 2014. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Budget on February 11, 2014”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 12, 2014 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/45109
- CBO publication date
- February 12, 2014
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1872, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1872
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- 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. 113-381 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Budget Committee on March 18, 2014.Source: Congress.gov, reported March 18, 2014 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/381
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1872, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1872
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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. GARRETT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2534):Article I, Section 9, Clause 7.Source: Congress.gov, record updated September 8, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 31 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1872, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1872
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
11cec59af92d41aeb6dd815d6216664f66abb8649602b8a03bf92d83f3c30dee
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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
7 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 1 other
0 of 7 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Justin Amash (L-MI), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Bill Flores (R-TX), Jeb Hensarling (R-TX), Mick Mulvaney (R-SC), Paul Ryan (R-WI), Lynn Westmoreland (R-GA).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Scott Garrett.
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- H.R. 1256 (113th) Swap Jurisdiction Certainty Act
- H.R. 4569 (113th) Disclosure Modernization and Simplification Act of 2014
- H.R. 2767 (113th) Protecting American Taxpayers and Homeowners Act of 2013
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.