House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Brewers Excise and Economic Relief Act of 2013
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 9, 2013
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 9, 2013 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1918.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LATHAM, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2569):Article I, Section 8, clause 1 of the United States Constitution--``The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts, and Excises.''Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 155 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1918, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1918
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- 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 August 12, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1918, last updated August 12, 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
113 cosponsors — 54 Republicans, 59 Democrats
59 of 113 cosponsors (52%) are from the other party.
Rodney Alexander (R-LA), Mark Amodei (R-NV), Michele Bachmann (R-MN), Ron Barber (D-AZ), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Timothy Bishop (D-NY), Jo Bonner (R-AL), Charles Boustany (R-LA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Shelley Capito (R-WV), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Mike Coffman (R-CO), Jim Costa (D-CA), Eric Crawford (R-AR), Ander Crenshaw (R-FL), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Steve Daines (R-MT), Danny Davis (D-IL), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Charles Dent (R-PA), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Sean Duffy (R-WI), William Enyart (D-IL) and 83 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Tom Latham.
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- H.R. 2610 (113th) Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014
- H.R. 690 (113th) Reserve Retirement Deployment Credit Correction Act
- H.R. 3722 (113th) To provide protections for certain sports medicine professionals who provide certain medical services in a secondary State.
- H.R. 1317 (113th) Hearing Aid Assistance Tax Credit Act 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.