House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMay 8, 2013
- Committee actionJun 27, 2013
- Passed HouseAug 1, 2013 · 405–3
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 9, 2013 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1897.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1897, Vietnam Human Rights Act of 2013” on July 11, 2013. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on June 27, 2013”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 11, 2013 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/44415
- CBO publication date
- July 11, 2013
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1897, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1897
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- 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. SMITH of New Jersey, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2535):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1897, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1897
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
dbbe2f4ccfc9cf02f7e6da5bb63f8e0c68a470eabc72c8a8a0ff2853ddd9387a
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 committee report (as of December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1897, 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
16 cosponsors — 8 Republicans, 8 Democrats
8 of 16 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
David Cicilline (D-RI), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), Mark Meadows (R-NC), James Moran (D-VA), Ted Poe (R-TX), Cathy Rodgers (R-WA), Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA), Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Ed Royce (R-CA), Loretta Sanchez (D-CA), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Steve Stockman (R-TX), Frank Wolf (R-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Christopher Smith.
- H.R. 4631 (113th) Autism CARES Act of 2014
- H.R. 3212 (113th) Sean and David Goldman International Child Abduction Prevention and Return Act of 2014
- H.R. 7 (113th) No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2014
- H.R. 2283 (113th) Human Trafficking Prioritization Act
- H.R. 4573 (113th) International Megan's Law to Prevent Demand for Child Sex Trafficking
- H.R. 5656 (113th) Global Food Security Act of 2014
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.