House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
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- IntroducedMay 9, 2013
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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Latest action: Jul 8, 2013 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1908.
- 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 H2569):This bill makes specific changes to existing law in a manner that returns power to the States and to the People, in accordance with Amendment X of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated March 23, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 178 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1908, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1908
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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 March 23, 2026). 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
48 cosponsors — 47 Republicans, 1 other
0 of 48 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Justin Amash (L-MI), Michele Bachmann (R-MN), Rob Bishop (R-UT), Jim Bridenstine (R-OK), Mo Brooks (R-AL), Paul Broun (R-GA), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Doug Collins (R-GA), Eric Crawford (R-AR), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Ron DeSantis (R-FL), Jeff Denham (R-CA), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Blake Farenthold (R-TX), Trent Franks (R-AZ), Louie Gohmert (R-TX), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Jeb Hensarling (R-TX), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Tim Huelskamp (R-KS), Walter Jones (R-NC), Jim Jordan (R-OH), Jack Kingston (R-GA), Doug LaMalfa (R-CA), Raul Labrador (R-ID), Doug Lamborn (R-CO), Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), Thomas Massie (R-KY), Tom McClintock (R-CA), Mark Meadows (R-NC) and 18 more.
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. 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
- H.R. 1847 (113th) Electronic Communications Privacy Act Amendments 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.