House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Access to Certified Professional Midwives Act of 2013
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 14, 2013
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 17, 2013 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1976.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. PINGREE of Maine, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2604):This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 134 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1976, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1976
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f3b7076c98aec0fa5a5a1cedd8343edb9adefcd9d3e40880a113a52edf0f9664
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. 1976, 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
14 cosponsors — 14 Democrats
0 of 14 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Susan Davis (D-CA), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), William Keating (D-MA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Jim McDermott (D-WA), Michael Michaud (D-ME), Gwen Moore (D-WI), James Moran (D-VA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Collin Peterson (D-MN), Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA), Peter Welch (D-VT).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Chellie Pingree.
- H.R. 671 (113th) Ruth Moore Act of 2013
- H.R. 2197 (113th) York River Wild and Scenic River Study Act of 2014
- H.R. 1414 (113th) Local Farms, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013
- H.R. 604 (113th) Chris Kotch VA Education Access Act
- H.R. 4020 (113th) Student Loan Forgiveness Tax Repayment Act of 2014
- H.R. 489 (113th) HUBZone Expansion 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.